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unusual facts about Ōta Nampo


Kyōka Hyaku Monogatari

Yōkai were enjoyed as the subject of kyōka, and with a focus on Ōta Nampo who is well known as a kyōka poet, and imitating the techniques of Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, an event was held where he recited kyōka about a total of one hundred kinds of yōkai, but with the intent of doing it again, he collected together the kyōka, and the book was the result of collecting together only the better of the poems.



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