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Kokin Wakashū
The , commonly abbreviated as , is an early anthology of the '' waka'' form of Japanese poetry, dating from the Heian period. An imperial anthology, it was conceived by Emperor Uda () and published by order of his son Emperor Daigo () in about 905. Its finished form dates to 920, though according to several historical accounts the last poem was added to the collection in 914. The compilers of the anthology were four court poets, led by Ki no Tsurayuki and also including Ki no Tomonori (who died before its completion), Ōshikōchi no Mitsune, and Mibu no Tadamine. Significance The ''Kokinshū'' is the first of the , the 21 collections of Japanese poetry compiled at Imperial request. It was the most influential realization of the ideas of poetry at the time, dictating the form and format of Japanese poetry until the late nineteenth century; it was the first anthology to divide itself into seasonal and love poems. The primacy of poems about the seasons pioneered by the ''Ko ...
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Kokin Wakashu Genei
The ''guqin'' (; ) is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument. It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally been favoured by scholars and literati as an instrument of great subtlety and refinement, as highlighted by the quote "a gentleman does not part with his ''qin'' or '' se'' without good reason," as well as being associated with the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius. It is sometimes referred to by the Chinese as "the father of Chinese music" or "the instrument of the sages". The ''guqin'' is not to be confused with the ''guzheng'', another Chinese long stringed instrument also without frets, but with moveable bridges under each string. Traditionally, the instrument was simply referred to as the "''qin''" (琴) but by the twentieth century the term had come to be applied to many other musical instruments as well: the ''yangqin'' hammered dulcimer, the ''huqin'' family of bowed string instruments, and the Western piano (''gangqin'' (钢琴)) ...
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Haikai
''Haikai'' ( Japanese 俳諧 ''comic, unorthodox'') may refer in both Japanese and English to ''haikai no renga'' ( renku), a popular genre of Japanese linked verse, which developed in the sixteenth century out of the earlier aristocratic renga. It meant "vulgar" or "earthy", and often derived its effect from satire and puns, though "under the influence of atsuo Bashō (1644–1694) the tone of haikai no renga became more serious". "Haikai" may also refer to other poetic forms that embrace the haikai aesthetic, including haiku and senryū (varieties of one-verse haikai), haiga (haikai art, often accompanied by haiku), and haibun (haiku mixed with prose, such as in the diaries and travel journals of haiku poets). However, haikai does not include orthodox renga or waka. Pre-Bashō Schools Teimon School The Teimon School, centred around Matsunaga Teitoku, did much to codify the rules of haikai, as well as to encourage the writing of stand-alone Hokku. Danrin School The Danrin s ...
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List Of Kokinshū Poets
This is a list of poets whose works were included in the '' Kokin Wakashū'', a tenth-century Japanese ''waka'' anthology. List A * Ariwara no Motokata ( ja, 在原元方) * Ariwara no Muneyana ( ja, 在原棟梁) *Ariwara no Narihira ( ja, 在原朝臣業平 ''Ariwara no Asomi Narihira'') * Ariwara no Shigeharu ( ja, 在原滋春) *Ariwara no Yukihira ( ja, 在原朝臣行平 ''Ariwara no Asomi Yukihira'') F * Fujiwara no Kotonao ( ja, 藤原言直) *Fujiwara no Okikaze ( ja, 藤原興風) * Fun'ya no Yasuhide ( ja, 文屋康秀) * Fujiwara no Yoruka ( ja, 藤原朝臣因香 ''Fujiwara no Asomi Yoruka'') * Fujiwara no Yoshikaze ( ja, 藤原好風) H * Henjō ( ja, 僧正遍昭 ''Sōjō Henjō''; birth name ''Yoshimine no Munesada'' ja, 良岑宗貞) I * Ise ( ja, 伊勢) K * Ki no Aritomo ( ja, 紀有友) *Ki no Tomonori ( ja, 紀朝臣友則 ''Ki no Asomi Tomonori'') *Ki no Tsurayuki ( ja, 紀朝臣貫之 ''Ki no Asomi Tsurayuki'') * Kisen ( ja, 喜撰法師 ' ...
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Yomiuri Shimbun
The (lit. ''Reading-selling Newspaper'' or ''Selling by Reading Newspaper'') is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. It is one of the five major newspapers in Japan; the other four are the '' Asahi Shimbun'', the '' Chunichi Shimbun ( Tokyo Shimbun)'' the ''Mainichi Shimbun'', and the '' Nihon Keizai Shimbun''. It is headquartered in Otemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo.' It is a newspaper that represents Tokyo and generally has a conservative orientation. It is one of Japan's leading newspapers, along with the Osaka-based liberal ( Third way) Asahi Shimbun and the Nagoya-based Social democratic Chunichi Shimbun. It is published by regional bureaus, all of them subsidiaries of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate by revenue and the second largest media conglomerate by size behind Sony,The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings is the largest media conglomerate by revenue in Japan, while Sony is Japan's largest me ...
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Mainichi Shimbun
The is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by In addition to the ''Mainichi Shimbun'', which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English language news website called ''The Mainichi'' (previously ''Mainichi Daily News''), and publishes a bilingual news magazine, ''Mainichi Weekly''. It also publishes paperbacks, books and other magazines, including a weekly news magazine, ''Sunday Mainichi''. It is one of the four national newspapers in Japan; the other three are the ''Asahi Shimbun'', the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' and the ''Nihon Keizai Shimbun''. The Sankei Shimbun and The ''Chunichi Shimbun'' are not currently in the position of a national newspaper despite a large circulation for the both respectively. History The history of the ''Mainichi Shinbun'' began with the founding of two papers during the Meiji period. The ''Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun'' was founded first, in 1872. The ''Mainichi'' claims that it is the oldest existing ...
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Konan Women's University
is a private women's college in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n .... The predecessor of the school was founded in 1920, and it was chartered as a junior college in 1955. In 1964 it became a four-year college. Faculties * Faculty of Letters ** Department of Japanese Language and Culture ** Department of English Language and Culture ** Department of Multicultural Communication ** Department of Creative Media Studies * Faculty of Human Sciences ** Department of Psychology ** Department of Childhood Development and Education ** Department of Cultural Sociology ** Department of Human Life Environments * Faculty of Nursing and Rehabilitation ** Department of Physical Therapy Graduate Schools * Graduate School of Humanities and Human ...
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Fujiwara No Okikaze
was an early 10th Century middle Heian ''waka'' poet and Japanese nobleman. Great-grandchild of Fujiwara no Hamanari. He is designated as a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. 38 of his poems are included in the anthologies compiled by the imperial order following ''Kokin Wakashū''. One of his poems is included in the famous anthology ''Hyakunin Isshu''.Mostow, Joshua S. ''Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image''. University of Hawaii Press, 1996. . p. 243+443 Okikaze's poems are included in several imperial poetry anthologies, including ''Kokin Wakashū''. A personal poetry collection known as the ''Okikazeshū'' also remains. It is said he was talented in kangen (gagaku is a type of Japanese classical music that was historically used for imperial court music and dances. was developed as court music of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, and its near-current form was established in the Heian period (794-1185) around ... piece without dance). He wa ...
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Henjō
, better known as , was Japanese waka poet and Buddhist priest. In the poetry anthology '' Kokin Wakashū'', he is listed as one of the six notable waka poets and one of the thirty-six immortals of poetry. Biography Munesada was the eighth son of Dainagon , who was a son of Emperor Kanmu, relegated to civilian life. He began his career as a courtier, and was later appointed to the position of ' to Emperor Ninmyō. In 849 he was raised to the . After Emperor Nimmyō died in 850, Munesada became a monk due to his grief, taking the religious name ''Henjō'' (literally “Universally Illuminated”). He was a priest of the Tendai school. In 877 Munesada founded in Yamashina, in the southeast part of Kyoto, but continued to be active in court politics. In 869 he was given another temple, , in the north of Kyoto and managed both temples. In 885 he was ranked high priest The term "high priest" usually refers either to an individual who holds the office of ruler-priest, or to one w ...
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Ono No Komachi
was a Japanese waka poet, one of the '' Rokkasen'' — the six best waka poets of the early Heian period. She was renowned for her unusual beauty, and ''Komachi'' is today a synonym for feminine beauty in Japan. She also counts among the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. Life Almost nothing of Komachi's life is known for certain, save for the names of various men with whom she engaged in romantic affairs and whose poetry exchanges with her are preserved in the '' Kokin Wakashū''. She was probably born between 820 and 830, and she was most active in composing poetry around the middle of the ninth century. Extensive study has gone into trying to ascertain her place of birth, her family and so on, but without conclusive results. The Edo-period scholar Arai Hakuseki advanced the theory that there was more than one woman named Komachi and that the legends about her referred to different people. This theory was later expanded to conjecture that there were four "Komachis"., citi ...
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Ariwara No Narihira
was a Japanese courtier and '' waka'' poet of the early Heian period. He was named one of both the Six Poetic Geniuses and the Thirty-Six Poetic Geniuses, and one of his poems was included in the ''Ogura Hyakunin Isshu'' collection. He is also known as Zai Go-Chūjō, Zai Go, Zai Chūjō or Mukashi-Otoko. There are 87 poems attributed to Narihira in court anthologies, though some attributions are dubious. Narihira's poems are exceptionally ambiguous; the compilers of the 10th-century '' Kokin Wakashū'' thus treated them to relatively long headnotes. Narihira's many renowned love affairs have exerted a profound influence on later Japanese culture. Legends have held that he had affairs with the high priestess of the Ise Grand Shrine and the poet Ono no Komachi, and that he fathered Emperor Yōzei. His love affairs inspired '' The Tales of Ise'', and he has ever since been a model of the handsome, amorous nobleman. Biography Birth and ancestry Ariwara no Narihir ...
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Shika Wakashū
, abbreviated as ''Shikashū'', is an imperial anthology of Japanese waka, compiled c.1151–1154 CE at the behest of the Emperor Sutoku who ordered it in 1144. It was compiled by Fujiwara no Akisuke (1090–1155; a member of the Rokujō). It consists of ten volumes containing 411 poems. The ''Shikashū'' is the shortest of the imperial anthologies. Despite Akisuke's ostensibly conservative nature, it is rather eclectic and has a wide variety of poems, including one by Saigyo.W R Lafleur, ''Awesome Nightfall'' (2003) p. 28 See also *Sankashū * Shin Kokin Wakashū References Further reading *pg. 483 of ''Japanese Court Poetry'', Earl Miner, Robert H. Brower. 1961, Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is conside ... Press, LCCN 61-10925 Shikash ...
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