Notes: | "This anthology was compiled (ca. 1005) at the command of Emperor Kazan (r. 958-987). The two Imperial Anthologies preceeding it were the Anthology of Japanese Poetry, Past and Present (Kokin Waka Shū) (ca. 914) and the Anthology of Subsequently Selected Japanese Poems (Gosen Waka Shū) (ca. 951). The source material of this work was primarily the poems that had not been included in those preceeding works. The person designated as responsible for the compilation was Fujiwara Kintō..." -- pref. Includes first line index, second line index and author index.
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