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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.
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.
Edition of the Kokin Wakashū anthology of classic Japanese poetry with wood-carved cover, 18th century. Japanese poetry is poetry typical of Japan, or written, spoken, or chanted in the Japanese language, which includes Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese, and Modern Japanese, as well as poetry in Japan which was written in the Chinese language or ryūka from the Okinawa ...
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]
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]
1.1 Nara period (710 to 794) 1.2 Heian period (794 to 1185) 1.2.1 Private editions. ... the Chinese poetry which Japanese learned from the Tang dynasty.
Yamabe no Akahito (山部 赤人 or 山邊 赤人) (fl. 724–736) was a poet of the Nara period in Japan. The Man'yōshū, an ancient anthology, contains 13 chōka ("long poems") and 37 tanka ("short poems") of his. Many of his poems were composed during journeys with Emperor Shōmu between 724 and 736.
More long established collections can be seen as coherently delimited collections. 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.