Starting with the
Kokin Wakashū, there were 21 official anthologies, known collectively as the . ===
Nara period (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. ===
Heian period (794 to 1185)=== • 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 three anthologies are often called
Sandaishū, Three Major Anthologies, and earliest eight
Hachidaishū, Eight Major Anthologies. Twenty one Imperial anthologies were created: they are collectively known as the
Nijūichidaishū. •
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 no Mitsune 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, 1,220 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) • : 10 scrolls, 411 poems, ordered in 1144 by former
Emperor Sutoku, completed –1154, compiled by
Fujiwara Akisuke (
:ja:藤原顕輔) •
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: 20 scrolls, 1,978 poems, 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 (
:ja:藤原有家),
Fujiwara no Ietaka (Karyū), the priest
Jakuren,
Minamoto Michitomo (
:ja:堀川通具), and
Asukai Masatsune Private editions Most waka poets had their own anthologies edited by themselves or by others. Some of these are 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, or more 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: an anthology of
Izumi Shikibu works. ===
Kamakura period (1185–1333) and
Muromachi period (1336–1573) === • Imperial anthologies - thirteen anthologies were edited mostly in the Kamakura period. ::9.
Shinchokusen Wakashū: 20 scrolls, 1,376 poems. ::10.
Shokugosen Wakashū: 20 scrolls, 1,368 poems. ::11.
Shokukokin Wakashū: 20 scrolls, 1,925 poems. ::12.
Shokushūi Wakashū: 20 scrolls, 1,461 poems. ::13.
Shingosen Wakashū: 20 scrolls, 1,606 poems. ::14.
Gyokuyō Wakashū: 20 scrolls, 2,796 poems. ::15.
Shokusenzai Wakashū: 20 scrolls, 2,159 poems. ::16.
Shokugoshūi Wakashū: 20 scrolls, 1,347 poems. ::17.
Fūga Wakashū: 20 scrolls, 2,210 poems. ::18.
Shinsenzai Wakashū: 20 scrolls, 2,364 poems. ::19.
Shinshūi Wakashū: 20 scrolls, 1,920 poems. ::20.
Shingoshūi Wakashū: 20 scrolls, 1,554 poems. ::21.
Shinshokukokin Wakashū: 20 scrolls, 2,144 poems, last Imperial anthology, notable for including nearly 800 poets. ==
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