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unusual facts about Waka


Waka/Jawaka

The track "It Just Might Be a One-Shot Deal" is a strange tale of hallucinations sung by Sal Marquez and Janet Ferguson (the tough-minded groupie in 200 Motels).


1017 Brick Squad Records

On November 19, 2013, it was revealed Gucci Mane had filed a lawsuit against Waka Flocka Flame, Waka's mother Debra Antney, OJ Da Juiceman, rapper Khia Stone and producer Zaytoven.

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

Minamoto no Kintada 源公忠, also 源公忠朝臣 (889948), middle Heian period waka poet and nobleman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals, along with his son Minamoto no Saneakira; an official in the imperial treasury; has poems in imperial poetry anthologies, starting with the Goshūi Wakashū

Minamoto no Saneakira 源信明 (910970), middle Heian period waka poet and nobleman; he and his father, Minamoto no Kintada, are two of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; his poems are in imperial poetry anthologies from the Goshūi Wakashū onward

Akazome Emon 赤染衛門 (9561041) waka poet of the mid-Heian period; a member of both the Thirty-six Elder Poetic Sages and Kintō's 36 female poetry immortals (or "sages") of the Kamakura period

Fujiwara no Nagayoshi 藤原長能, also known as "Fujiwara no Nagatō" (949 – death year unknown), poet and a court bureaucrat of the Heian period; one of the "Thirty-six Poetry Immortals"; taught waka to the poet Nōin

Ono no Komachi 小野 小町 or おののこまち (c. 825 – c. 900), early Heian period waka poet, one of the Rokkasen — the Six best Waka poets; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; noted as a rare beauty and became a symbol of a beautiful woman in Japan

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

Kishi Joō 徽子女王, also Yoshiko Joō 承香殿女御 Jokyōden Joō or 斎宮女御 Saigū no Nyōgo (929985), middle Heian period Waka poet

13th century in poetry

Fujiwara no Teika 藤原定家, also known as "Fujiwara no Sadaie" or "Sada-ie" (11621242), a widely venerated late Heian period and early Kamakura period waka poet and (for centuries) extremely influential critic; also a scribe, scholar and widely influential anthologist; the Tale of Matsura is generally attributed to him; son of Fujiwara no Shunzei; associated with Jakuren

1689 in poetry

May 26Matsuo Bashō begins the journey described in Oku no Hosomichi ("Narrow road to the interior") on which he visits Kisakata, and later composes a waka about Kisakata's islands.

Akita Prefecture

The famous Heian period waka poet, Ono no Komachi, is said to have been born in Yuzawa City, Ogachi Town, located in the southeast of the prefecture.

Debra Antney

On November 19, 2013, it was revealed Gucci Mane had filed a lawsuit against Waka Flocka Flame, Antney, OJ Da Juiceman, rapper Khia Stone and producer Zaytoven.

Fujiwara no Motozane

Fujiwara no Motozane (dates unknown Japanese: 藤原 元真) was a middle Heian period waka poet and Japanese nobleman.

Gee Bayss

With respect, since 2002, Gee Bayss is one of the regular participants invited to the international festival Waga Hip hop in (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) to give workshops in turntablism He also participated to the artistic residency of vocal music, "Waka Tibio", which took place during the 2008 and 2009 editions of the festival.

Kanesuke

Fujiwara no Kanesuke (藤原 兼輔, 877-933), a Japanese middle Heian waka poet

Kishi Joō

Kishi Joō (929985, 徽子女王, also Yoshiko Joō 承香殿女御 Jokyōden Joō or 斎宮女御 Saigū no Nyōgo) was a Japanese Waka poet of the middle Heian period.

Kitakami, Iwate

Kitakami also boasts a site that is reputed to be the grave of the famous Heian period waka poet Izumi Shikibu.

Kodai no Kimi

Kodai no Kimi (小大君, dates unknown, also known as Koōkimi) was a Japanese Waka poet and noble from the middle Heian period.

Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi

According to Māori traditions, the waka Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi explored the upper reaches of the North Island north of the Kaipara harbour during early Māori settlement of New Zealand.

Masayuki Kawamura

He liked Waka (poetry), Haiku, Japanese calligraphy and drawing pictures and enjoyed waka and haiku with patients.

Mibu no Tadami

Mibu no Tadami (dates unknown, 壬生忠見) was a middle Heian period waka poet and Japanese nobleman.

Mitsuteru Ueshiba

("Waka-sensei" means "young teacher," and applied to Moriteru Ueshiba when Kisshomaru Ueshiba was still alive; this usage also exists outside of aikido, and is a facet of senpai and kōhai.)

Nakatsukasa

Nakatsukasa (中務, 912–991) was a Japanese Waka poet from the middle Heian period.

Riverdale, Georgia

Riverdale is mentioned in Waka Flocka Flame's song, O Let's Do It and Grove St. Party.

Sakanoue no Korenori

Sakanoue no Korenori (坂上 是則 dates unknown,) was an early Heian waka poet.

Seeds in the Heart: Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century

It covers classical Japanese literature from the Kojiki through the Tale of Genji and major waka poets like Fujiwara no Teika or Ki no Tsurayuki, through the Kamakura period and up to the beginnings of No plays and renga, in 1175 pages of text and endnotes (excluding the bibliography, index, and glossary).

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.

Stewart Island / Rakiura

The original Māori name, Te Punga o Te Waka a Maui, positions Stewart Island / Rakiura firmly at the heart of Māori mythology.

Tōnomine Shōshō Monogatari

It tells the story of how the Lesser Captain of the Right Fujiwara no Takamitsu moved to Tōnomine in August 961, and centers around the waka exchanged between Takamitsu, his wife (the daughter of Fujiwara no Atsutoshi) and his sister Ainomiya.

Utsunoya Pass

Mention of the pass is made frequently in Heian-period waka poetry, with references to the narrow road and the sound of Japanese Bush Warblers in the area.

Wakka

Uakazuwaka Kazombiaze (born 1979), also known as Waka Kazombiaze, a Namibian rugby union player

Westfield, New Zealand

Portage Road is the location of one of the overland routes between the two harbours (and thus the Pacific ocean and the Tasman Sea), where the Maori would beach their waka (canoes) and drag them overland to the other coast, thus avoiding having to paddle around North Cape.


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