Anthology of New Ancient and Modern Japanese Songs
by (japan) Fujiwara Sadaie And Others
About This Novel
One of Japan's three major collections of classical Waka, it is a symbol of the heyday of Waka. It has never been fully translated into Chinese since the "New Ancient and Modern Waka Collection" was written. It is a clear proof of the profound influence of the Chinese Song Dynasty culture's eastward migration to Japan. "New Ancient and Modern Japanese Song Collection", "Man'yoshu" and "Ancient and Modern Japanese Song Collection" are collectively known as Japan's three major collections of Japanese poetry and are quite famous in Japanese history. "New Ancient and Modern" is presided over by Emperor Gotoba. The book selects Waka written by Ki Kanyuki, Izumi Shikibu, Murasaki Shikibu, Sugawara Michizane, Oe Mabobo, Zaihara Ippei, Jien, Saigon, Fujiwara Yoshikune, Fujiwara Toshinari, Fujiwara Sadaie and others, marking the art of Waka has reached a high degree of maturity. The whole book presents the beauty of "mysterious" and pursues the artistic style of beauty, elegance, delicacy, symbolism, lingering emotion, tranquility, and remoteness. It represents the new style of Waka in the middle ages of Japan, so it is called "New Ancient and Modern Waka Collection". This book contains a total of 1,978 Japanese songs, divided into twelve categories: spring songs, summer songs, autumn songs, winter songs, greeting songs, sad songs, farewell songs, journey songs, love songs, miscellaneous songs, divine songs, and Buddhist songs.
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