Making One Hundred Poems Every Month: The <i>Waka</i> Poetics of <i>Maigetsu-shō</i>

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  • 〈毎月百首を詠む〉ということ
  • 〈毎月百首を詠む〉ということ : 『毎月抄』の時代
  • 〈 マイツキ ヒャクシュ オ ヨム 〉 ト イウ コト : 『 マイツキ ショウ 』 ノ ジダイ
  • ――『毎月抄』の時代――

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<p>In the mid-tenth century Sone-no-Yoshitada created his own style of rendering one hundred poems as a unit. Later the style had been established as a convention, but in the process it had been often modified for individual practices. In Maigetsu-shō, for example, the alleged author Fujiwara-no-Teika insisted on the importance of making a hundred poems every month and adapted Sone's method for his training program for the prolific production of poems. Although it seems to be extraordinary, Teika's version of one hundred poems contributed much to the poetics of the mid-Kamakura Period.</p>

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  • Japanese Literature

    Japanese Literature 62 (7), 2-15, 2013-07-10

    Japanese Literature Association

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