Kin'yō Wakashū

The Kin'yō Wakashū (金葉和歌集, "Collection of Golden Leaves"), sometimes abbreviated as Kin'yōshū, is a Japanese imperial anthology of waka whose two drafts were finished in 1124 and 1127. It was compiled at the behest of the Retired Emperor Shirakawa, by Minamoto no Shunrai (~1055–1129; sometimes called Toshiyori) It consists of ten volumes containing 716 poems.

The Kin'yō Wakashū is one of the shortest anthologies. Shunrai's unusually liberal and innovative tastes were disliked by Shirakawa, and thus Shirakawa rejected "at least two drafts". The final compromise is nevertheless remarkably contemporary and descriptive.

References

pg. 483 of Japanese Court Poetry, Earl Miner, Robert H. Brower. 1961, Stanford University Press, LCCN 61-10925

Imperial Poetry Anthologies

Hachidaishū	Kokin Wakashū Gosen Wakashū Shūi Wakashū Goshūi Wakashū Kin'yō Wakashū Shika Wakashū Senzai Wakashū Shin Kokin Wakashū

Jūsandaishū	Shinchokusen Wakashū Shokugosen Wakashū Shokukokin Wakashū Shokushūi Wakashū Shingosen Wakashū Gyokuyō Wakashū Shokusenzai Wakashū Shokugoshūi Wakashū Fūga Wakashū Shinsenzai Wakashū Shinshūi Wakashū Shingoshūi Wakashū Shinshokukokin Wakashū

Related	Shin'yō Wakashū

Japanese poetry

Major forms	haikai kanshi waka haiku hokku renga renku tanka

Poetry works and collections	List of Japanese poetry anthologies Kaifūsō Man'yōshū Nijūichidaishū Kai Ōi

Individuals and groups of Japanese poets	Japanese poets (category list)

Individual poems	Articles with poems

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 184286476 LCCN: n82073787 GND: 7753386-0 NDL: 00632881

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