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Waka Anthologies and Court Literary Texts

Type Object Region Japan Time 905

Waka is the Japanese tradition of 31-syllable short verse, exemplified by imperial anthologies such as the Kokin Wakashū;…

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  1. 905–1439Kyoto · KyotoFrom the Kokin Wakashū to the Shinzoku Kokin Wakashū, twenty-one imperial anthologies established the aesthetic standards and classificatory framework of waka, becoming models for later artistic study.
  2. c. 1541–1550Kyoto Imperial Palace · KyotoIn the 1540s courtiers still held poetry gatherings, renga, and waka competitions at the imperial palace, with hand-copied imperial anthologies and private selections transmitted among the nobility, sustaining court literary ritual.

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