The was the third imperially commissioned anthology of
kanshi (poetry written in classical Chinese by Japanese poets). The text was compiled by
Yoshimine no Yasuyo,
Minabuchi no Hirosada,
Sugawara no Kiyotomo
, also read as Kiyokimi, was a Japanese court noble, poet, and politician of the early Heian period. He served as Vice Minister of Ceremonial Affairs, Mayor of the Left Capital District, and Vice Governor of Harima Province (824-825), and held ...
,
Yasuno no Fumitugu,
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, and
Abe no Yoshihito
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under the command of
Emperor Junna
was the 53rd emperor of Japan, Emperor Junna, Ōharano no Nishi no Minenoe Imperial Mausoleum, Imperial Household Agency according to the traditional order of succession. Junna reigned from 823 to 833.
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. The text was completed in 827, 13 years after the previous imperial collection, ''
Bunka Shūreishū
is the second imperially commissioned Japanese kanshi collection. The text was compiled by Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu, Sugawara no Kiyotomo, Nakao Ō, Isayama no Fumitugu, Shigeno no Sadanushi, and Kuwahara no Haraaka under the command of Emperor Sa ...
''.
Contents
The text is twenty volumes in length. However, only six of those still remain: 1, 10, 11, 13, 14, and 20. It contains material spanning 120 years from 707 to 827 with contributions from 178 authors. In addition to 917 poems, it also contains 17
fu and 38 civil promotion tests.
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Late Old Japanese texts
Heian period in literature
Japanese poetry collections
Kanshi (poetry)
9th-century Japanese books
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