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Man'yōshū
thumb|right|80px|alt=Two vertical lines of Japanese text written in calligraphy, read right to left. The first character has smaller, simpler red characters written around it.|A replica of a poem  8, by Princess Nukata|Nukata no Ōkimi The is the oldest extant collection of Japanese (poetry in Classical Japanese), compiled sometime after AD 759 during the Nara period. The anthology is one of the most revered of Japan's poetic compilations. The compiler, or the last in a series of compilers, is today widely believed to be Ōtomo no Yakamochi, although numerous other theories have been p
Hyakunin Isshu
classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets
Kokin Wakashū
10th century Japanese waka anthology
Kaifūsō
The is the earliest extant anthology of literary Sinitic poetry (kanshi) written by Japanese poets.
Shin Kokin Wakashū
8th imperial waka anthology commissioned in 1201 by the Retired Emperor Go-Toba and compiled in 1205 by Fujiwara no Yoshitsune
Shūi Wakashū
the third imperial waka anthology of Japan, compiled by Emperor Kazan around 1005, containing 1351 poems in 20 volumes as an expansion of Fujiwara no Kintō’s Shūishō
Gosen Wakashū
the second imperial anthology of Japanese waka compiled in 951 at the behest of Emperor Murakami by the Five Men of the Pear Chamber, containing 1426 poems in 20 volumes
Nijūichidaishū
Japan's 21 imperial collections of waka poetry
Omoro Sōshi
compilation of ancient poems and songs from Okinawa and the Amami Islands
Shinchokusen Wakashū
imperial waka anthology compiled in 1234 at the behest of the Retired Emperor Go-Horikawa by Fujiwara no Teika, containing 1376 poems in 20 volumes
Ryōjin Hishō
collection of Japanese folk songs
Senzai Wakashū
seventh imperial waka anthology of Japan, compiled in 1187 by Fujiwara no Shunzei at the behest of the Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa, who ordered it in 1183, containing 1285 poems in 20 volumes
Goshūi Wakashū
the fourth imperial anthology of Japanese waka compiled in 1086 at the behest of Emperor Shirakawa, by Fujiwara no Michitoshi(1047-1099), consisting of 20 volumes containing 1,220 poems. It is noted for its large contingent of poems written by women.
Shokusenzai Wakashū
Wakan rōeishū
11th-century anthology of Chinese and Japanese poetry
Shokukokin Wakashū
Japanese imperial anthology of poetry
Kin'yō Wakashū
5th imperial waka anthology, compiled in the 1120s at the behest of the Retired Emperor Shirakawa by Minamoto no Shunrai, consisting of 716 poems in 10 volumes; one of the shortest anthologies behind Shikashū
Shinsenzai Wakashū
imperial anthology of Japanese waka completed in 1359
Shokugosen Wakashū
imperial waka collection of Japan
Gyokuyō Wakashū
Shingosen Wakashū
imperial anthology of Japanese waka poetry
Shokugoshūi Wakashū
14th century Japanese poetry anthology
Tsukubashū
was the first imperial anthology of renga. The collection was compiled by Nijō Yoshimoto. Provincial lord Sasaki Takauji played an active role in its production with 81 of his poems appearing in the final version. In addition to courtly renga, the anthology contains, in Book 19, the earliest known collection of haikai no renga.
Shingoshūi Wakashū
imperial anthology of Japanese waka poetry
Shinshūi Wakashū
19th imperial anthology of Japanese waka poetry compiled in 1364
Shin'yō Wakashū
collection of Japanese poetry compiled by Munenaga Shinnō ca. 1381
Fūga Wakashū
imperial anthology of Japanese waka compiled between 1344 and 1346
Shinshokukokin Wakashū
Japanese poetry anthology