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Waka (poetry)

Waka (和歌; 'Japanese poem') is a type of poetry in classical Japanese literature. Although waka in modern Japanese is written as 和歌, in the past it was also written as 倭歌 (see Wa, an old name for Japan), and a variant name is yamato-uta (大和歌).

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Waka (poetry)

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waka man'yōshū period tanka poetry japanese form anthology court renga emperor chōka heian poets also century ancient early wakashū edo

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tankainstance ofand included several genres0.80text
kanshiinstance ofUnder influence from other genres0.80text
novelsinstance ofUnder influence from other genres0.80text
stories such as Tale of Genjiinstance ofUnder influence from other genres0.80text
even Western poetryinstance ofUnder influence from other genres0.80text
it developed graduallyinstance ofUnder influence from other genres0.80text
broadening its repertoire of expressioninstance ofUnder influence from other genres0.80text
topics.The literary historian Donald Keene used four large categoriesEarlyinstance ofUnder influence from other genres0.80text
Heian Literatureinstance ofUnder influence from other genres0.80text

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