French version
Kokinwakashu古今和歌集 古今集alternative words: Kokin-wakashu, Kokin wakashu, Kokinshu keywords: book , poesy related topics: Ki no Tsurayuki , Heian period , Waka related web sites: http://village.infoweb.ne.jp/~fwhp1575/kokinfr.htm explanation: Anthology of Japanese poems (waka) of the middle of Heian period. Created by an order of Emperor Daigo, it became the first of the imperial poem anthologies (Chokusen wakashu). The compilers were: Ki no Tsurayuki, Ki no Tomonori (cousin of the former), Oshikochi no Mitsune, Mibu no Tadamine. Containing about 1100 poems on 20 volumes and separated to 13 sections following the season and subject, its gracious and simple style has become a reference of the successive anthologies. | |