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1332:, renga became popular in the court and people around it. It spread to the priestly classes and thence to wealthy commoners. In much the same way as waka, renga anthologies were produced under the imperial aegis. As momentum and popular interest shifted to the renga form, the tanka style was left to the Imperial court. Conservative tendencies exacerbated the loss of life and flexibility. A tradition named Kokin-denju, the heritage of Kokin Wakashū, was developed. It was a system on how to analyze the Kokin Wakashū and included the secret (or precisely lost) meaning of words. Studying waka degenerated into learning the many intricate rules, allusions, theories, and secrets, so as to produce tanka that would be accepted by the court. 33: 1417:. It was not precisely a new form; satirical waka was a style known since ancient times. But it was in the Edo period that this aspect of waka developed and reached an artistic peak. Still, most waka poets kept to ancient tradition or made those reformation another stereotype, and waka was not a vibrant genre in general at the end of this period. 1405:, composed many waka in a naïve style intentionally avoiding complex rules and the traditional way of waka. He belonged to another great tradition of waka: waka for expressing religious feeling. His frank expression of his feeling found many admirers, then and now. In the cities, a comical, ironic and satiric form of waka emerged. It was called 1324:
families; the former stood for "progressive" approaches, the varied use of the "ten styles" and novelty, while the latter conservatively hewed to already established norms and the "ushin" (deep feelings) style that dominated courtly poetry. Eventually, the Nijo family became defunct, leading to the
1100:. This severing of ties, combined with Japan's geographic isolation, essentially forced the court to cultivate native talent and look inward, synthesizing Chinese poetic styles and techniques with local traditions. The waka form again began flourishing, and 1112:. It was presented to the emperor in 905. This was the first waka anthology edited and issued under imperial auspices, and it commenced a long and distinguished tradition of imperial anthologies of waka that continued up to the Muromachi period. 1390:, the great reviver of the traditional Japanese literature, attempted to revive waka as a way of providing "traditional feeling expressed in genuine Japanese way". He wrote waka, and waka became an important form to his followers, the 1359:(playful renga)) and kyōka, comical waka, were a reaction to this seriousness. But in the Edo-period waka itself lost almost all of its flexibility and began to echo and repeat old poems and themes. 1309:. He edited it again and again until he died in 1239. Teika made copies of ancient books and wrote on the theory of waka. His descendants, and indeed almost all subsequent poets, such as 1351:, but the noble style of waka in the court inhibited and scorned such aspects of waka. Renga was soon in the same position with many codes and strictures reflecting literary tradition. 1016:. He was a waka poet who belonged to the youngest generation represented in the anthology; indeed, the last volume is dominated by his poems. The first waka of volume 1 was by 1386:
was a late 19th-century revision) was the favored genre. This tendency was kept during this period, but in the late Edo period waka faced new trends from beyond the court.
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ascendancy of the "liberal" Reizei family. Their innovative reign was soon deposed by the Asukai family, aided by the Ashikaga shōgun, Ashikaga Yoshinori.
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Literally, "pillow word". Poetic epithets generally not used for their literal meaning but to "connect" with the word (often a place name) that follows
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recorded not only the works of the royalty and nobility, but also works of soldiers and farmers whose names were not recorded. The main topics of the
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ordered the creation of an anthology of waka, where the waka of ancient poets and their contemporaries were collected; the anthology was named "
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Literally, "hanging word". A word deliberately used to convey two meanings, due to the existence of separate homophonic words. An example is
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Shirane Haruo, Nobuyuki Kanechiku, Kumiko Tabuchi, Hidenori Jinno, editors, "世界へひらく和歌 Waka Opening Up to the World", Benseisyuppan, 2012
780:(at the beginning of the 10th century), chōka was seldom written and tanka became the main form of waka. Since then, the generic term 2368: 1778: 1757: 1291:, a form of collaborative linked poetry, began to develop. In the late Heian period, three of the last great waka poets appeared: 2180:. A general name for various types of poetry including chōka, tanka, sedōka and kata-uta, which are composed in lines of 5 and 7 2569: 1737: 1250:
The above three court anthologies, in addition to the five following anthologies, are known as the "Collections of Eight Ages"
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has two different but related meanings: the original meaning was "poetry in Japanese" and encompassed several genres such as
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Ten Imperial Reigns, or one hundred years, have passed since, long ago, the Emperor Heizei issued an edict to compile the
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Literally, "taking from the main poem". Allusion to or quoting one or more lines from a poem written by someone else.
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and even Western poetry, it developed gradually, broadening its repertoire of expression and topics.
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Kokin Wakashū: The First Imperial Anthology of Japanese Poetry, with 'Tosa Nikki' and 'Shinsen Waka'
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were love, sadness (especially on the occasion of someone's death), and other miscellaneous topics.
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During the Nara period and the early Heian period, the court favored Chinese-style poetry (
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came to be almost synonymous with tanka. Famous examples of such works are the diaries of
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This Wine of Peace, the Wine of Laughter: A Complete Anthology of Japan's Earliest Songs
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was a general term for poetry composed in Japanese, and included several genres such as
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Literally, "linked words". Semantically related words used on different positions of a
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s compilation at the beginning of the tenth century, all of these forms except for the
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Brocade by Night: 'Kokin Wakashu' and the Court Style in Japanese Classical Poetry
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Brocade by Night: 'Kokin Wakashū' and the Court Style in Japanese Classical Poetry
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and other ancient sources exist. Besides that, there were many other forms like:
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fell out of use until it was revived at the end of the nineteenth century (see
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language, complete grammatical sentences typically end with the verb, but in
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In the early Edo period, waka was not a fashionable genre. Newly created
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By this period, a number of clans had fallen by the wayside, leaving the
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Pre-Modern Era (1600–1867, then subdivided into 1600–1770 and 1770–1867)
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Waka has a long history, first recorded in the early 8th century in the
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Waka, tanka, renga, haiku and senryū with translations and annotations
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no. 802, which is of a pattern 5-7 5-7 5-7 5-7-7. It was composed by
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Waiting for the Wind: Thirty-Six Poets of Japan's Late Medieval Age
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From the Country of Eight Islands: An Anthology of Japanese Poetry
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From the Country of Eight Islands: An Anthology of Japanese Poetry
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phrases repeated at least twice, and conclude with a 5-7-7 ending
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had significantly diminished in prominence. As a result, the word
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The most ancient waka were recorded in the historical record the
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Literally, "phrase gap". The most significant semantic gap in a
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poems are generally considered to be reflective and idealistic.
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originally encompassed a number of differing forms, principally
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anthologies in English translation and relevant scholarly works
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One half of an exchange of two poems; the shortest type of
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on the word came to refer primarily to tanka. Also called
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c.759) and also includes the Buddha's Footstone Poems (21
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was conceived as a court anthology notwithstanding.
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A Waka Anthology: Volume One: The Gem-Glistening Cup
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A Waka Anthology, Volume Two: Grasses of Remembrance
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A Waka Anthology, Volume One: The Gem-Glistening Cup
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Roughly half a century after the compilation of the
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The pattern is 5-7-7-5-7-7. 792:, as well as such collections of poem tales as 704: 530: 386: 365: 340: 319: 262: 27:Type of poetry in classical Japanese literature 2313: 2295: 1982: 1970: 1716: 1700: 1344: 1336: 1253: 1226: 1193: 1135: 1074: 1045: 1037: 1001: 993: 985: 908: 900: 881: 861: 847: 820: 719: 698: 613: 590: 524: 514:Composed of two sets of 5-7-7 (similar to two 475: 380: 359: 334: 313: 285: 256: 199: 182: 169: 156: 139: 107: 90: 84: 68: 2362: 1837:composition this is not necessarily the case. 292:, meaning it contains 31 syllables in total. 915:. Under influence from other genres such as 2369: 2355: 1969:988 pp. includes almost all waka from the 1934:Carter, Steven D., editor and translator, 1920:Carter, Steven D., editor and translator, 1574: 138:. Up to and during the compilation of the 1922:Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology 1367: 456:phrases, with a last phrase containing 7 403:vanished soon afterwards. Thus, the term 2510:Individuals and groups of Japanese poets 2051:An Introduction to Japanese Court Poetry 2017:Cranston, Edwin, editor and translator, 1766:Literally, "paired phrases". Similar to 1198:into 20 volumes, arranged by theme. The 1128:The first three imperially-commissioned 890:means "half-poem". The pattern is 5-7-7. 31: 2143: 1991:Collection for Ten Thousand Generations 1335:There were comical waka already in the 14: 2552: 807: 711:in tanka form, also written by Okura: 2350: 2255:世界へひらく和歌 Waka Opening Up to the World 2201: 1697:, which can mean either "a pine tree" 1425: 89:, in the past it was also written as 2308:based on the Chinese preface of the 963:Modern Era (post 1867, divided into 2466:List of Japanese poetry anthologies 2376: 2021:, Stanford University Press, 2006. 1948:, Stanford University Press, 1993. 1915:527 pp., a standard academic study. 1902:, Stanford University Press, 1961. 1898:Brower, Robert H., and Earl Miner, 1283:After the Heian period, during the 1266:, and were all compiled during the 1188:in 905. It collected roughly 1,100 675:  Where do they come from, 229:became effectively synonymous with 24: 2585:Articles containing Japanese poems 2149:Sato, Hiroaki and Watson, Burton. 2138:Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten 2053:, Stanford University Press, 1968. 692:The chōka above is followed by an 221:had effectively gone extinct, and 204:, "repeating-the-first-part poem") 25: 2601: 2335: 2039:, Stanford University Press, 1985 1938:, Columbia University Press, 1989 1924:. Stanford University Press, 1991 1238:commanded the compilation of the 1116:Rise of Japanese national culture 497:The most widely-composed type of 83:in modern Japanese is written as 75:is a type of poetry in classical 2046:, Stanford University Press 1985 1872:meeting at the start of the year 1246:The five later-Heian anthologies 1087: 757:  What are they to me, 295: 146:in the eighth century, the word 2286: 1362: 765:That is a child? They can not. 761:  How could they ever 671:  When I eat chestnuts 539:or an exchange between lovers ( 53:poetry which fixed the form of 2522:Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry 2517:Japanese poets (category list) 2274: 2261: 2247: 2230: 2195: 2164: 2131: 2105: 1279:Kamakura and Muromachi periods 683:Not letting me sleep in peace? 407:came in time to refer only to 275:or syllabic units. Therefore, 206:. However, by the time of the 13: 1: 2570:Japanese literary terminology 2283:, retrieved 18 September 2012 2153:. Columbia University Press, 2098: 2084:, multiple editions available 2006: 1997:poems carved in stone at the 1621:Glossary of terms related to 1192:that had not appeared in the 919:, novels and stories such as 854:. The pattern is 5-7-5-7-7-7. 679:  Making me helpless 518:). 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Index

Waka poetry

Kokin Wakashū
Japanese poetry
Japanese literature
Wa
5-7-5-7-7 metre
Man'yōshū
Buddha footprint
Kokinshū
Tanka
on
bussokusekika
Heian period
envoi
Man'yōshū
Yamanoue no Okura
Nara period
envoi
Heian period
Ki no Tsurayuki
Izumi Shikibu
The Tales of Ise
The Tales of Yamato
Bussokusekika
Yakushi-ji
Nara
Man'yōshū
Man'yōshū
Kokinshū

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