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Tanka

Tanka (短歌; "short poem") is a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature.

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Etymology

Form

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Poetic culture

Poets

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Tanka

Nodes71
Edges70
Triples84
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028169
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Tanka

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related to Modern anthologies · 22
Tanka → An Anthology, Anthology, Atomic Bomb Tanka Anthology, Bamboo Ridge Press, Columbia University Press, Edith, Hawaii, Honolulu, Inferno, ISBN, Jiro, Makoto, Modern Japanese Poetry, Modern Japanese Tanka, Nakano, NY, Outcry, Rutland, Shiffert, Tuttle
related to Modern translations · 19
Tanka → AHA Books, Akiko, AppendixBaba, Breasts, Clay MacCauley, Fumi, Fumiko, Gualala CA, Hatsue Kawamura, Heavenly Maiden Tanka, Jane Reichhold, Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, Poems, Poets, Snow, The Japan Times Press, Tokyo, Trans, White Letter Poems
related to Poetic culture · 16
Tanka → As, Genji, Heian, In, Kinuginu, Kokin Wakashū, Murasaki Shikibu, Often, Reflecting, Shortly, Some, The, The Pillow Book, The Tale, They, Works
related to Modern · 12
Tanka → During, Feb, In, Ishikawa Takuboku, Kojiki, Myōjō, New York Times, Nihonshoki, Nov, Otori You, Yosano Akiko, Yosano Tekkan
related to Etymology · 10
Tanka → AD, Haiku, Hokku, In, Japan, Japanese, Kokinshū, Man'yōshū, Masaoka Shiki, Originally
related to Form · 5
Tanka → Even, Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, Sometimes, The, Waka

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waka poets poetry japanese form short modern man'yōshū poems called like poem often first two magazine times period utakai trans

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