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; it was finished somewhere around 1439 CE, six years after the

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first ordered it in 1433 at the request of the

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. It was compiled by Asukai Masayo (the Asukai poetic family, traditionally aligned with conservative Nijō, had taken their place in the Court when the Nijo family fell into problems; they nevertheless persecuted the Nijo's ancient enemies, which led them to, among other things, omit any poems of

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from this collection); its Japanese and Chinese Prefaces were written by Ichijō Kanera. It consists of twenty volumes containing 2,144 poems. The unusual feature of ''Shinshokukokin Wakashū'' is that it challenged

with a compilation agenda that undermined shogun's authority. This was the last Imperial anthology. It is notable for including a large number of poets (close to 800) ranging from the Man'yoshu period all the way up to contemporary poets.

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*pg. 486 of ''Japanese Court Poetry'',

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, Robert H. Brower. 1961,

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Press, LCCN 61-10925 *''Shin shoku kokinwakashu'', Murao Seiichi ed. 2001, Meiji shoin. Japanese poetry anthologies Late Middle Japanese texts 1430s in Japan {{Japan-lit-stub

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