Chokusen wakashū
It has been suggested that Nijūichidaishū be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since January 2018. The chokusen wakashū (勅撰和歌集), also shortened to chokusenshū (勅撰集), were imperially-commissioned Japanese anthologies of waka poetry. They numbered 21 in total (the so-called nijūichidaishū ). Contents 1 Overview 2 Commissioners and compilers 3 References 4 Works cited Overview The term chokusen wakashū (hereafter shortened to chokusenshū ) refers to anthologies of waka poetry compiled and presented for inspection on the order of either a reigning emperor of Japan, or a retired or cloistered emperor. [1] The first was the Kokin Wakashū compiled at the beginning of the tenth century [1] and the last was the Shinshoku Kokin Wakashū compiled in the first half of the fifteenth century, [1] with 21 in total. [1] The first three chokusenshū are referred to as the sandaishū , [1] the first eight (through the Shin-Kokin Wakashū ) as ...