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Learn each movement of "Hyakunin Isshu (List)", a requiem for Waka and the Heian Dynasty!

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``Hyakunin Isshu'' is a requiem written by ``Fujiwara Teika'', a poet who is dedicated to the art of poetry, for the Rising Sun Dynasty and its cultural pillar, waka. → ``Hyakunin Isshu is a requiem for waka and the dynasty.'' It has a clear main focus on Tenchi and Emperor Jito in the opening chapter, and Toba and Juntokuin in the final chapter...

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Why is Hyakunin Isshu boring?

Posted on by Engaku Uchida

Hyakunin Isshu is one of the best anthologies that conveys the gorgeous dynasty culture to this day. You may have learned it at school, or you may have come across it while playing karuta during New Year's. At a time when Japanese culture is rapidly becoming obsolete, this collection of poems that allows people to easily access classical literature has great value.

Learning about Japan's four seasons through waka poetry/Learn about waka/autumn, winter

Three evening songs ~Top 3 autumn sunsets~

Posted on by Engaku Uchida

Don't you think there are many famous autumn songs that touch your heart? Personally, when I hear nursery rhymes such as ``Makkana Autumn'' and ``Autumn Leaves,'' I am struck by a strong sense of sadness, as it also brings back memories from my childhood. In fact, many of these famous autumn songs have something in common. All of them are "Autumn evening...

Learning about Japan's four seasons through waka poetry/Learn about waka/autumn, winter

How to feel the “autumn breeze” to know about autumn

Posted on by Engaku Uchida

In the classical literary sense of the seasons, it was the Japanese warbler that signaled the coming of spring, and the Japanese warbler that signaled the arrival of summer. So what do we know about “autumn”? →Related article: “Ayashii relationship between plum and nightingale” →Related article: “Hototogisu” is found in Kokin Wakashu. What is that?

Learning about Japan's four seasons through waka poetry/Learn about waka/autumn, winter

Don't look! ? The real mid-autumn harvest moon

Posted on by Engaku Uchida

When you think of autumn, you think of ``moon viewing.'' The moon that falls on the fifteenth night of the eighth month in the lunar calendar is hailed as the "Harvest Moon of Mid-Autumn" and has been loved by Japanese people since ancient times. However, you need to be a little careful about how you enjoy this "moon viewing." When will the Harvest Moon be this year? If you look it up...

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Sleeping alone, not even the sound of mountain birds, I have no body to rest on, and the moon frost on the floor.

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Composing a poem about sleeping alone in autumn, ``Nururu Alone, In the Shidari-o of the Mountain Bird's Tail, Mayofu with Frost, Moonlight on the Floor'' (Fujiwara Teika) Learn from representative classical works, and each student can compose a traditional ``Waka''. We are holding a "Utajuku" with the goal of becoming like! "Utajuku" (Online...

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“Teika vs. Mallarmé” A showdown that spans more than a century! Approaching the charm of iconic songs

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"The floating bridge of a spring night's dream has disappeared, and the sky of horizontal clouds can be seen on the peaks" (Fujiwara Teika) This song, representative of Fujiwara Teika, was included in the Shinkokin Wakashu, and it evokes an image of an indescribably beautiful scene. . That's right, ``I can't say anything.'' This is the greatest feature of Teika's songs. "...

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