Rokkasen
Sign in to savethumb|488x488px|Rokkasen, by Hokusai The are six Japanese poets of the mid-ninth century who were named by Ki no Tsurayuki in the kana and mana prefaces to the poetry anthology Kokin wakashū (c. 905–14) as notable poets of the generation before its compilers.
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- Sekkan Seiji
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thumb|488x488px|Rokkasen, by Hokusai The are six Japanese poets of the mid-ninth century who were named by Ki no Tsurayuki in the kana and mana prefaces to the poetry anthology Kokin wakashū (c. 905–14) as notable poets of the generation before its compilers.
== History of the term == In their original appearance in the prefaces of the Kokin wakashū, the six rokkasen are not actually referred to with this term.