Shikishima (poetic name for Japan)

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classical Japanese poetic term poetic epithet

Shikishima is a classical poetic epithet for Japan, evoking an image of an ancient, many-layered land celebrated in traditional literature.

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Label	Occurrences
"Shikishima" (romanization)	1
Shikishima (poetic name for Japan) canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	classical Japanese poetic term ⓘ poetic epithet ⓘ
associatedWith	Yamato ⓘ classical Japanese literature ⓘ imperial court poetry ⓘ
category	Japanese poetic epithets for Japan ⓘ
connotation	ancient Japan ⓘ cultural depth ⓘ many-layered land ⓘ traditional beauty ⓘ
contrastedWith	Japan ⓘ surface form: Nihon Yamato ⓘ
countryContext	Japan ⓘ
culturalRole	symbol of historical continuity ⓘ symbol of national identity in poetry ⓘ
etymologyTheme	layers or spreads of islands ⓘ
evokesImageOf	ancient landscape ⓘ layered islands ⓘ traditional Japan ⓘ
foundInGenre	court poetry anthologies ⓘ imperial anthologies ⓘ
hasTranslation	Shikishima (poetic name for Japan) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: "Shikishima" (romanization)
hasType	honorific place-name ⓘ poetic circumlocution for Japan ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
refersTo	Japan ⓘ
regionDenoted	Japanese archipelago ⓘ
register	archaic ⓘ literary ⓘ
semanticField	place-name epithet ⓘ poetic toponym ⓘ
stylisticEffect	classical atmosphere ⓘ elevated tone ⓘ
timePeriodOfCommonUse	classical era of Japan ⓘ
topicOf	Japanese literary studies ⓘ classical Japanese philology ⓘ
usedAs	poetic name for Japan ⓘ
usedIn	Manyoshu ⓘ classical Japanese poetry ⓘ waka poetry ⓘ
writingSystem	kanji ⓘ

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

Japanese battleship Shikishima → namedAfter → Shikishima (poetic name for Japan) ⓘ

Shikishima (poetic name for Japan) → hasTranslation → Shikishima (poetic name for Japan) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Shikishima

this entity surface form: "Shikishima" (romanization)