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The Nara period (710 to 794) began in Japan, ... It was a sort of poetry contest and the well written senryū by amateurs were awarded by the master and other ...
Some of Japan's literary monuments were written during the Nara period, including the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, the first national histories, compiled in 712 and 720 respectively; the Man'yōshū, an anthology of poems; and the Kaifūsō, an anthology written in kanji by Japanese emperors and princes.
Sano no Chigami no Otome (Japanese: 狭野茅上 娘子, c.700) was a Japanese poet during the Nara period, whose love poems appear in the Man’yōshū, [1] the oldest existing anthology of Japanese vernacular poetry. [2] A low-ranking palace attendant, she was also known as Sano no Otogami no Otome (狭野弟上 娘子). [1]
The earliest literary works in Japan were created in the Nara period. [1] These include the Kojiki (712), a historical record that also chronicles ancient Japanese mythology and folk songs; the Nihon Shoki (720), a chronicle written in Chinese that is significantly more detailed than the Kojiki ; and the Man'yōshū (759), a poetry anthology.
The Man'yōshū (万葉集, pronounced [maɰ̃joꜜːɕɯː]; literally "Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves") [a] [1] is the oldest extant collection of Japanese waka (poetry in Old Japanese or Classical Japanese), [b] compiled sometime after AD 759 during the Nara period. The anthology is one of the most revered of Japan's poetic compilations.
The Man'yōshū is an anthology of Japanese waka poetry. It was compiled in the eighth century (during Japan's Nara period), likely in a number of stages by several people, [1] with the final touches likely being made by Ōtomo no Yakamochi, [1] the poet whose work is most prominently featured in the anthology. [2]
The Kokka taikan can be viewed as the miscellany, aiming to contain poetry outside the long established collections: Man'yōshū : the very ancient Japanese poetry collated during the Nara period . Monogatari : the 40 or so longer tales that survive from the Heian and Kamakura periods .
Nara period, 762 Ten handscrolls, 32.4 cm × 803.0 cm (12.8 in × 316.1 in) Saidai-ji, Nara, Nara: Konpon hyakuichi konma (根本百一羯磨) vol. 6 [47] unknown Transcription of a Chinese translation from 703, 12–13 characters per line Nara period, 8th century