Ogura Hyakunin Isshu
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Hyakunin Isshu is a classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets. Hyakunin Isshu can be translated to "one hundred people, one poem "; it can also refer to the card g
First poem card of the Hyakunin Isshu, featuring Emperor Tenji
Ogura shikishi by Teika
An Edo-period illustrated Hyakunin Isshu book, with Priest Kisen and Ono no Komachi
Waka (poetry)
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Waka is a type of poetry in classical Japanese literature. Although waka in modern Japanese is written as 和歌, in the past it was also written as 倭歌, and a variant name is yamato-uta.
The Kokin Wakashū is an early (c. 900) anthology of waka poetry which fixed the form of Japanese poetry.