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Un'yō Wakashū
The ''Un'yō Wakashū'' (雲葉和歌集) is a Japanese '' waka'' anthology compiled by Kujō Motoie in the Kamakura period. Only eleven of a presumed twenty volumes have survived. Compilation and date The ''Un'yō Wakashū'' was the '' shisenshū'' (privately-compiled anthology) of Kujō Motoie. The collection has been dated to between the third month of 1253 and the third month of the following year. This date was arrived at on the basis of the last dated poem (#904) having been composed during a visit by the retired emperor to Tennōji in the third month of 1253, and Fujiwara no Narisane (藤原成実) being referred to as a courtier of the Senior Third Rank, when he was promoted to the Junior Second Rank on the eighth day of the third month of 1254. It is thought that Fujiwara no Tameie's publication of the '' Shoku Gosen Wakashū'' in late 1251 provided part of the impetus for the compilation of the ''Un'yō Wakashū''. Contents The Gunsho Ruijū text and others in ... [...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] |
