The is a

Nanboku-chō period The Nanboku-chō period (南北朝時代, ''Nanboku-chō jidai'', "North and South court period", also known as the Northern and Southern Courts period), spanning from 1336 to 1392, was a period that occurred during the formative years of the Mur ...

collection of

Japanese poetry Japanese poetry is poetry typical of Japan, or written, spoken, or chanted in the Japanese language, which includes Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese, and Modern Japanese, as well as poetry in Japan which was written in t ...

compiled by

Munenaga , an imperial prince (the eighth son of Emperor Godaigo) and a poet of the Nijō poetic school of Nanboku-chō period, mostly known for his compilation of the ''Shin'yō Wakashū''.Earl Roy Miner, Hiroko Odagiri, and Robert E. Morrell (1985: 202). ...

Shinnō ca. 1381. Although commissioned by

Emperor Chōkei was the 98th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from 1368 through 1383. His personal name was Yutanari (寛成) and his regal name roughly translates to "Long Celebration". Genealogy His father was E ...

(r. 1368-83) of the Southern Court, it is not included in the '' Nijūichidaishū'', i.e., the twenty-one imperial anthologies for political reasons – the "official" anthologies had been sponsored by the rival

Northern Court The , also known as the Ashikaga Pretenders or Northern Pretenders, were a set of six pretenders to the throne of Japan during the Nanboku-chō period from 1336 through 1392. The present Imperial House of Japan is descended from the Northern Cour ...

and the

Ashikaga shōguns Ashikaga (足利) may refer to: * Ashikaga clan (足利氏 ''Ashikaga-shi''), a Japanese samurai clan descended from the Minamoto clan; and that formed the basis of the eponymous shogunate ** Ashikaga shogunate (足利幕府 ''Ashikaga bakufu''), a ...

. The ''Shin'yō Wakashū'' consists of twenty books, 1,420 poems in total. The poems included are mainly from the

Nijō poetic school The refers to descendants of Fujiwara no Tameie's eldest son, Nijō Tameuji (1222–86). The family name took after Nijō district of Kyoto where the family had resided. This hereditary house of Japanese waka poetry is generally known for its con ...

, but there is also a substantial amount of warrior-class poems.Earl Roy Miner, Hiroko Odagiri, and Robert E. Morrell (1985). ''The Princeton companion to classical Japanese literature.'' Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press. (p. 232).

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