List of Japanese poetry anthologies
This is a list of significant Japanese poetry anthologies.
Nara period chronicles (710 to 794)
- Man'yōshū the oldest anthology in Japanese, c.785, 20 manuscript scrolls, 4,516 poems (when the tanka envoys to the various chōka are numbered as separate poems), Ōtomo no Yakamochi was probably the last to edit the Man'yōshū. It is not organized in any particular way (most metadata is supplied by headnotes), and the poems are written in a Japanese version of the Chinese monosyllabic pronunciation for the Chinese characters.
- Imperial waka anthologies ; anthologies as a national project. Each anthology reflected the taste of time and with loyal dignity became canons for contemporaries and those who followed. The earliest eight anthologies are referred often Hachidaishū, Eight Anthologies. Twenty one anthologies were created.
- Kokin Wakashū the first imperial waka anthology, 20 scrolls, 1,111 poems, ordered by Emperor Daigo and completed c. 905, compiled by Ki no Tsurayuki, Ki no Tomonori, Ōshikōchi and Mibu no Tadamine.
- Gosen Wakashū 20 scrolls, 1,426 poems, ordered in 951 by Emperor Murakami
- Shūi Wakashū 20 scrolls, 1,351 poems, ordered by ex-Emperor Kazan
- Goshūi Wakashū 20 scrolls, approx 1,200 poems, Ordered in 1075 by Emperor Shirakawa, completed in 1086.
- Kin'yō Wakashū 10 scrolls, 716 poems, ordered by former Emperor Shirakawa, drafts completed 1124-1127, compiled by Minamoto no Shunrai (Toshiyori)
- Shika Wakashū 10 scrolls, 411 poems, ordered in 1144 by former Emperor Sutoku, completed c.1151-1154, compiled by Fujiwara Akisuke
- Senzai Wakashū 20 scrolls, 1,285 poems, ordered by former Emperor Go-Shirakawa, probably completed in 1188, compiled by Fujiwara no Shunzei (also known as Toshinari)
- Shin Kokin Wakashū the eighth imperial waka anthology. Its name apparently aimed to show the relation and counterpart to Kokin Wakashū, ordered in 1201 by former Emperor Go-Toba, compiled by Fujiwara no Teika (whose first name is sometimes romanized as Sadaie), Fujiwara Ariie, Fujiwara Ietaka (Karyū), the priest Jakuren, Minamoto Michitomo, and Asukai Masatsune
- Private editions - Most of waka poets have their own anthology edited by self or by another. They were one of sources of the imperial anthologies.
- Hitomarokashū An anthology of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro works. The editor is unknown. Perhaps edited in the early Heian period. Many misattributed waka are included.
- Tsurayukishū An anthology of Ki no Tsurayuki works, one of editors of Kokin Wakashū.
- Kintōshū An anthology of Fujiwara no Kintō, the editor of Wakan Rōeishū. It gave influence to the waka poetry in the middle Heian period.
- Hyakunin Isshu Precisely Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Edited by Fujiwara no Teika. Till Meiji it had been read as elementary book for waka poets.
- Fujiwara no Teika Kashū An anthology of Fujiwara no Teika works.
- Izumi Shikibu Shū
- Imperial anthologies - thirteen anthologies were edited mostly in the Kamakura period.
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- 9. Shinchokusen Wakashū
- 10. Shokugosen Wakashū
- 11. Shokukokin Wakashū
- 12. Shokushūi Wakashū
- 13. Shingosen Wakashū
- 14. Gyokuyō Wakashū
- 15. Shokusenzai Wakashū
- 16. Shokugoshūi Wakashū
- 17. Fūga Wakashū
- 18. Shinsenzai Wakashū
- 19. Shinshūi Wakashū
- 20. Shingoshūi Wakashū
- 21. Shinshokukokin Wakashū
Haikai and Haiku
- Shinseninutsukubashū (1532) Edited by Yamazaki Sōkan. The significant anthology of early haikai renga from which haiku later developed.
- Kai Ōi (The Seashell Game). 1672 hokku anthology, compiled by Matsuo Bashō
- Haikai Shichibushū The conventional name for seven anthologies collecting Matsuo Bashō and his disciples' renku.
- Fuyunohi (A Winter Day)
- Harunohi (A Spring Day)
- Arano (Wilderness)
- Hisago (Gourd)
- Sarumino (Monkey's Straw Raincoat)
- Sumidawara (Carbon Carton)
- Zokusarumino (Monkey's Straw Raincoat II)
Miscellaneous
See also