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Hardcover The Poetry Contest in Six Hundred Rounds (2 Vols): A Translation and Commentary Book

ISBN: 9004411283

ISBN13: 9789004411289

The Poetry Contest in Six Hundred Rounds (2 Vols): A Translation and Commentary

(Book #67 in the Brill's Japanese Studies Library Series)

For the monumental Poetry Competition in Six Hundred Rounds (Roppyakuban uta'awase), twelve poets each provided one hundred waka poems, fifty on seasonal topics and fifty on love, which were matched, critiqued by the participants and judged by Fujiwara no Shunzei, the premiere poet of his age. Its critical importance is heightened by the addition of a lengthy Appeal (chinjō) against Shunzei's judgements by the conservative...

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