Kokin Wakashu--introduction
Category: Arts>Literature>Poetry>Forms>Haiku and Related Forms>Tanka
This English-language intro by Prof. Lewis Cook introduces the full Japanese text of the first imperial anthology of Japanese poetry (which requires Japanese-text-handling software). It is a thorough and interesting introduction to the early history of the tanka.
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