Αποτελέσματα Αναζήτησης
The poems appear in the original Japanese, transcribed into the Roman alphabet (Romanised) and translated into English. They are accompanied by commentary and background material to fill in the blanks on the world the Old Japanese poets lived in, their beliefs and society.
- Background
This section contains information on the history, society...
- Books
Anthology of Classical Japanese Poetry; ... I now have three...
- Commentary
This section contains more detailed information on waka,...
- Home
Tsurayuki’s words, written over a thousand years ago, are...
- Poems
'Simply moving and elegant' Recent Posts. Entō ōn’uta’awase...
- Poets
Famous poets who appear frequently on this site are: Akazome...
- Waka Resources
Waka Resources Tags aki Anonymous autumn blossom clouds...
- Waka Tourism
Anthology of Classical Japanese Poetry; ... Waka Tourism....
- Background
Waka (和歌, "Japanese poem") is a type of poetry in classical Japanese literature. Although waka in modern Japanese is written as 和歌, in the past it was also written as 倭歌 (see Wa, an old name for Japan), and a variant name is yamato-uta (大和歌).
The ten thousand leaves : a translation of the Man’yōshū, Japan’s premier anthology of classical poetry (Princeton: Princeton University Press. McCullough, Helen. 1985. Kokin Wakashū: The First Imperial Anthology of Japanese Poetry with Tosa Nikki and Shinsen Waka (Stanford University Press: Stanford).
13 Ιαν 2024 · Hyakunin Isshu (百人一首) is a classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets. The most famous and standard version was compiled by Fujiwara no Teika.
The term “waka” means “Japanese poem” and is also known as “tanka,” which means “short poem.” E.g. An example of a waka poem includes is 'When I eat melon' by Yamanoue no Okura, since it follows a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable count. Waka poetry often focuses on themes such as nature, love, and spirituality.
Kokinwakashū 古今和歌集. The Kokinwakashū (or the Kokinshū for short), the ‘Collection of Japanese Poetry Ancient and Modern’, was the first of the 21 anthologies of waka compiled at imperial command (chokusenshû).
Japanese Waka: Notes and Translations. By Patrick Donnelly, Stephen D. Miller. Between the early tenth and the fifteenth centuries, the Japanese emperors ordered the compilation of twenty-one anthologies of poetry.
