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Editorial Reviews - Japanese Non-Fiction Literature From the Publisher Chapters: Japanese Plays, Japanese Poetry, Haiku, Man'yoshu, Senryu, Waka, Kimigayo, Oku No Hosomichi, Kigo, Renga, Buddhist Poetry, Night on the Galactic Railroad, Gogyohka, Shin Kokin Wakashu, Iroha, Hyakunin Isshu, Winter Days, the Face of Jizo, Renku, Utamakura, Kireji, Haiga, Tanka Prose, Haikai, List of Japanese Poetry Anthologies, Ame ni Mo Makezu, Black Ships, the Tales of Ise, Shigin, Rashomon, Death Poem, Tinywords, Hokku, Kakyo Hyoshiki, Zuihitsu, the Echo, the Arrow and the Chain, Meisho, Momijigari, Fuyo Wakashu, Jokotoba, Renri Hisho, Umi Yukaba, Nijo Poetic School, Wakan Roeishu, Bussokusekika, Myojo, Ametsuchi No Uta, Bunka Shureishu, Kaifuso, Shinshokukokin Wakashu, Shingoshui Wakashu, Shinsenzai Wakashu, Shinchokusen Wakashu, Gyokuyo Wakashu, Gosen Wakashu, Vamp Show, Shin'yo Wakashu, Bringing Forth New Life, Fuga Wakashu, Shinshui Wakashu, Shokugosen Wakashu, Keikokushu, Fusoshu, Heichu Monogatari, Kin'yo Wakashu, Shika Wakashu, Madame de Sade, Shokushui Wakashu, Shokugoshui Wakashu, Ryounshu, American Tanka, Kyoshi, Shokusenzai Wakashu, Shingosen Wakashu, Ryojin Hisho, the Man Who Turned Into a Stick, Danrin School, Rokkasen, Dodoitsu. Excerpt: Waka ( literally "Japanese poem") or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature. The term was coined during the Heian period, and was used to distinguish Japanese-language poetry from kanshi (poetry written in Chinese by Japanese poets), and later from renga. The term waka originally encompassed a number of differing forms, principally tanka (, "short poem") and chka (, "long poem"), but also including bussokusekika, sedka (, "whirling head poem") and katauta (, "poem fragment"). These last three forms, however, fell into disuse at the... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=30476 Synopsis Chapters: Japanese Plays, Japanese Poetry, Haiku, Man'yoshu, Senryu, Waka
