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unusual facts about Gosen Wakashū


Semimaru

The above waka appears in the imperial anthology Gosen Wakashū and three of his other poems appear in the anthologies Shin Kokin Wakashū and Zoku Kokin Wakashū.


10th century in poetry

Fujiwara no Toshiyuki 藤原敏行, also "Fujiwara Toshiyuki no Ason" 藤原敏行朝亜 (birthdate unknown, died in 901 or 907), middle Heian period waka poet and nobleman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; has a poem in the anthology Hyakunin Isshu and poems in several imperial poetry anthologies, including Kokin Wakashū and Gosen Wakashū

Fujiwara no Takamitsu 藤原高光 (c. 939994), middle Heian period waka poet and nobleman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; has poems in imperial poetry anthologies starting with Gosen Wakashū

Five Men of the Pear Chamber

The Five Men of the Pear Chamber (梨壺の五人 Nashitsubo no gonin) are a group of Heian period Japanese poets and scholars who cooperated in the compilation of the Gosen Wakashū.


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