Kokin Wakashū

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Kokin Wakashū is an early 10th-century imperial anthology of Japanese waka poetry that became a foundational model for classical Japanese literature and poetic aesthetics.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Heian-period work
classical Japanese literary work
imperial poetry anthology
waka poetry anthology
approximateCompilationYear 905
belongsToSeries Chokusenshū
canonicalStatus foundational model for classical Japanese poetry
commissionedBy Emperor Daigo
compiledBy Ki no Tomonori NERFINISHED
Ki no Tsurayuki
Mibu no Tadamine
Ōshikōchi no Mitsune
compiledInCentury 10th century
containsPrefaceInChinese Manajo
containsPrefaceInJapanese Kanajo
countryOfOrigin Japan
culturalContext Heian period
definesAestheticConcept aware
miyabi
okashi
emphasizesTechnique allusive variation (honkadori)
pillow words (makurakotoba)
wordplay (kakekotoba)
genre waka poetry
hasAlternativeRomanization Kokin Wakashu
hasAlternativeTitle Kokinshū
hasCategory elegies
love poems
miscellaneous poems
parting poems
seasonal poems
shrine and deity poems
travel poems
hasEnglishTranslationOfTitle Collection of Japanese Poems of Ancient and Modern Times
hasTitleInJapanese 古今和歌集
influenced Fujiwara no Teika
Shinkokin Wakashū
classical Japanese poetics
renga tradition
waka aesthetics of yūgen and miyabi
language Classical Japanese
literaryForm tanka
literarySignificance established norms for courtly waka composition
numberOfBooks 20
numberOfPoems 1111
organizedBy thematic categories
positionInSeries first imperial waka anthology
prefaceAuthor Ki no Tsurayuki
preservedIn multiple manuscript lineages
principalEditor Ki no Tsurayuki
usedAsModelBy Heian court poets

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