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Takechi No Kurohito
Takechi no Kurohito (高市黒人) was a Japanese ''waka (poetry), waka'' poet of the Nara period. Biography The year of Takechi no Kurohito's birth is unknown. His ''kabane'' was Muraji. He appears to have spent his career as a low-ranking civil servant. It is unknown when he died. Poetry 16 poems in the ''Man'yōshū'' are attributed to him, all of them ''tanka''. The poems are those numbered 58, 70, 270–277, 279–280, 283, 305, 1718, and 4016. Notes References Citations Works cited * * * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Takechi Kurohito Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Man'yō poets Japanese male poets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waka (poetry)
is a type of poetry in classical Japanese literature. Although ''waka'' in modern Japanese is written as , in the past it was also written as (see Wa, an old name for Japan), and a variant name is . Etymology The word ''waka'' has two different but related meanings: the original meaning was "poetry in Japanese" and encompassed several genres such as ''chōka'' and ''sedōka'' (discussed below); the later, more common definition refers to poetry in a 5-7-5-7-7 metre. Up to and during the compilation of the ''Man'yōshū'' in the eighth century, the word ''waka'' was a general term for poetry composed in Japanese, and included several genres such as , , and . However, by the time of the '' Kokinshūs compilation at the beginning of the tenth century, all of these forms except for the ''tanka'' and ''chōka'' had effectively gone extinct, and ''chōka'' had significantly diminished in prominence. As a result, the word ''waka'' became effectively synonymous with ''tanka'', and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
