新古今和歌集
Shin-Kokin Waka Shuu |
古今和歌集
Kokin Waka Shuu |
万葉集
Man'you Shuu |
Anthology
Title |
mysterious,
sublime beauty (幽玄、ゆうげん, yuugen) thoughtful |
sentiment with
artistic sensibility (情趣、じょうしゅ, joushu) |
emotionally
moving (感動、かんどう, kandou) |
Dominant
aesthetic principles |
opulent,
gorgeous, sensual beauty (艶麗、 えんれい, enrei) |
courtly elegance
of classical, proper, disciplined beauty (優雅典麗、 ゆうがてんれい, yuuga tenrei) |
unaffected,
vigorous, virilebeauty (素朴勇健、 そぼくゆうけん, soboku yuuken) |
Style
|
short poem or
Japanese poem (短歌、たんか,tanka; 和歌、わか,waka) 7-5 rhythm often ends with |
short poem or
Japanese poem (短歌、たんか, tanka; 和歌、わか, waka) 7-5 rhythm often ends with |
long poem
(長歌、ちょうか, chouka) short poem or 5-7rhythm often ends in |
Form
|
"taking up an older poem"; allusive variation
(本歌取、ほんかどり, honkadori) |
pivoting words
word junctions (掛詞・懸詞、 かけことば, kakekotoba) relatedword |
pillowing words
(枕詞、 まくらことば, makurakotoba) preface |
Prominent
poetic technique |
1205
|
905?
|
after 759
|
Date
|
1978 poems
in 20 scrolls |
1100 poems
in 20 scrolls |
4536 poems
in 20 scrolls |
Anthology
structure |
seasons
felicitous poems laments travel poems love poems misc. poems sacred poems Buddhist poems |
seasons
felicitous poems parting poems travel poems poems about objects love poems laments misc. poems |
laments
(挽歌、ばんか, banka) exchanged misc.poems |
Typesof
poems broadly defined |
Fujiwara no
Teika and others |
Ki no
Tsurayuki and others |
Otomo no
Yakamochi |
Compiler
|
Priest Saigyou
Fujiwara no Princess Shikishi Fujiwara no |
Ariwara no
Narihira Ono no Ki no Ise |
Nukata
Kakinomoto no Yamabe no Yamanoue no Otomo no Otomo no |
Poets
noted in class |