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 Shinkokin Wakashū
surface form: Chokusenshū
canonicalStatus foundational model for classical Japanese poetry
commissionedBy Emperor Daigo
compiledBy Ki no Tomonori
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 Wakashū self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kokin Wakashu
hasAlternativeTitle Kokin Wakashū
surface form: Kokinshū
hasCategory elegies
love poems
miscellaneous poems
parting poems
seasonal poems
shrine and deity poems
travel poems
hasEnglishTranslationOfTitle Kokin Wakashū self-linksurface differs
surface form: Collection of Japanese Poems of Ancient and Modern Times
hasTitleInJapanese Ki no Tsurayuki
surface form: 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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Heian period significantWork Kokin Wakashū
Man'yōshū influenced Kokin Wakashū
Classical Japanese hasCanonicalWork Kokin Wakashū
Ise Monogatari relatedWork Kokin Wakashū
this entity surface form: Kokin Wakashu
Ki no Tsurayuki notableWork Kokin Wakashū
Ki no Tsurayuki contributedTo Kokin Wakashū
Ki no Tsurayuki associatedWith Kokin Wakashū
this entity surface form: Kokinshū poetic canon
Kokin Wakashū hasAlternativeRomanization Kokin Wakashū self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kokin Wakashu
Kokin Wakashū hasAlternativeTitle Kokin Wakashū
this entity surface form: Kokinshū
Kokin Wakashū hasEnglishTranslationOfTitle Kokin Wakashū self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Collection of Japanese Poems of Ancient and Modern Times
Ono no Komachi includedIn Kokin Wakashū
Ariwara no Narihira poemCollectionIn Kokin Wakashū
Tosa Nikki relatedWork Kokin Wakashū
Ōshikōchi no Mitsune notableWork Kokin Wakashū
Mibu no Tadamine contributedTo Kokin Wakashū
Manajo partOf Kokin Wakashū
Manajo prefaceTo Kokin Wakashū
Manajo relatedWork Kokin Wakashū
this entity surface form: Kokin Wakashū Japanese kana preface (Kanajo)
Heian court literature notableWork Kokin Wakashū