Man'yōshū

E39360
Japanese poetry anthology classical Japanese literature work waka poetry collection

Man'yōshū is Japan’s oldest and one of its most important anthologies of classical poetry, compiled in the 8th century and celebrated for its linguistic richness and diverse voices.

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Label Occurrences
Man'yōshū canonical 8
Man’yōshū 2
Man'yōshū anthology 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese poetry anthology ⓘ
classical Japanese literature work ⓘ
waka poetry collection ⓘ
approximateNumberOfPoems 4500 ⓘ
chiefCompiler Ōtomo no Yakamochi ⓘ
compilationCentury 8th century ⓘ
compilationPeriod Nara period ⓘ
contains bussokusekika ⓘ
chōka ⓘ
sedōka ⓘ
tanka ⓘ
containsPoemsBy aristocrats ⓘ
commoners ⓘ
emperors ⓘ
frontier guards ⓘ
provincialOfficials ⓘ
soldiers ⓘ
women poets ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
culturalStatus one of Japan's most important poetry anthologies ⓘ
earliestPoemsDateFrom late 7th century ⓘ
finalEditingCompleted circa 759 ⓘ
genre classical poetry ⓘ
waka ⓘ
historicalSignificance oldest extant anthology of Japanese poetry ⓘ
influenced Kokin Wakashū ⓘ
Shinkokin Wakashū ⓘ
knownFor diversity of social voices ⓘ
linguistic richness ⓘ
preservation of Old Japanese vocabulary ⓘ
language Old Japanese ⓘ
latestPoemsDateFrom mid 8th century ⓘ
notablePoet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro ⓘ
Princess Nukata ⓘ
Yamabe no Akahito ⓘ
Yamanoue no Okura ⓘ
Ōtomo no Tabito ⓘ
Ōtomo no Yakamochi ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 20 ⓘ
script Man'yōgana ⓘ
studiedInField Japanese philology ⓘ
classical Japanese literature studies ⓘ
kokugaku ⓘ
theme elegies ⓘ
imperial court life ⓘ
love ⓘ
nature ⓘ
seasonal observances ⓘ
travel ⓘ
war and frontier life ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Reiwa → namedAfter → Man'yōshū ⓘ
Classical Japanese → hasCanonicalWork → Man'yōshū ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manyōshū
Old Japanese → attestedInWork → Man'yōshū ⓘ
Man'yōgana → notableUsage → Man'yōshū ⓘ
sedōka → usedIn → Man'yōshū ⓘ
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro → workFeaturedIn → Man'yōshū ⓘ
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro → literaryMovement → Man'yōshū ⓘ
this entity surface form: Man'yōshū poetry
Ōtomo no Yakamochi → notableWork → Man'yōshū ⓘ
Ōtomo no Tabito → associatedWork → Man'yōshū ⓘ
this entity surface form: Man’yōshū
Ōtomo no Tabito → poemsIncludedIn → Man'yōshū ⓘ
this entity surface form: Man’yōshū
Princess Nukata → poemCollection → Man'yōshū ⓘ
this entity surface form: Man'yōshū, Book 1
Princess Nukata → poemCollection → Man'yōshū ⓘ
this entity surface form: Man'yōshū, Book 2
Princess Nukata → poemCollection → Man'yōshū ⓘ
this entity surface form: Man'yōshū, Book 3
Yamabe no Akahito → workPreservedIn → Man'yōshū ⓘ
Yamanoue no Okura → workPreservedIn → Man'yōshū ⓘ
Yamanoue no Okura → canonizedIn → Man'yōshū ⓘ
this entity surface form: Man'yōshū anthology