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*''Japanese'': 古今集 ''(kokinshuu)''
*''Japanese'': 古今集 ''(kokinshuu)''
The ''Kokinshû'' or ''Kokin wakashû'' ("Collection of [[Waka]] of Past and Present") is an Imperially-commissioned collection of ''waka'' poems compiled in [[905]]. It is among the most famous works of Japanese literature, and along with the ''[[Manyoshu|Man'yôshû]]'', ''[[Hyakunin isshu]]'', and ''[[Tale of Genji]]'' is easily among the most quoted and referenced sources of poetry down through the entire Japanese poetic tradition.
The ''Kokinshû'' or ''Kokin wakashû'' ("Collection of [[Waka]] of Past and Present") is an Imperially-commissioned collection of ''waka'' poems compiled in [[905]] by [[Ki no Tsurayuki]] at the request of [[Emperor Daigo]]. It is traditionally divided into 20 volumes, containing a total of 1,111 poems. The ''Kokinshû'' is among the most famous works of Japanese literature, and along with the ''[[Manyoshu|Man'yôshû]]'', ''[[Hyakunin isshu]]'', and ''[[Tale of Genji]]'' is easily among the most quoted and referenced sources of poetry down through the entire Japanese poetic tradition.
It was followed by twenty other ''chokusen-shû'', Imperially selected compilations of the best poems of the age.<ref>[[Eiko Ikegami]], ''Bonds of Civility'', Cambridge University Press (2005), 83.</ref>
It was followed by twenty other ''chokusen-shû'', Imperially selected compilations of the best poems of the age.<ref>[[Eiko Ikegami]], ''Bonds of Civility'', Cambridge University Press (2005), 83.</ref>
Scholars surmise that hundreds or perhaps even thousands of manuscript copies circulated in the late [[Heian period|Heian]] and [[Kamakura period]]s. The collection was first published as woodblock-printed volumes in the 17th century.
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==References==
==References==
*John Carpenter, "By Brush or Block Printing: Transmitting Cultural Heritage in Pre-Modern Japan," ''Orientations'' 38:8 (2007), 58.
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[[Category:Heian Period]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
