Nijūichidaishū Books in Order

Japan's 21 imperial collections of waka poetry

1. K 1.Kokin Wakashū10th century Japanese waka anthology
2. G 2.Gosen Wakashūthe second imperial anthology of Japanese waka compiled in 951 at the behest of Emperor Murakami by the Five Men of the Pear Chamber, containing 1426 poems in 20 volumes
3. S 3.Shūi Wakashūthe third imperial waka anthology of Japan, compiled by Emperor Kazan around 1005, containing 1351 poems in 20 volumes as an expansion of Fujiwara no Kintō’s Shūishō
4. G 4.Goshūi Wakashū
5. K 5.Kin'yō Wakashū
6. S 6.Shika Wakashūsixth imperial anthology of Japanese waka, compiled in the 1150s at the behest of the Emperor Sutoku by Fujiwara no Akisuke
7. S 7.Senzai Wakashūseventh imperial waka anthology of Japan, compiled in 1187 by Fujiwara no Shunzei at the behest of the Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa, who ordered it in 1183, containing 1285 poems in 20 volumes
8. S 8.Shin Kokin Wakashū8th imperial waka anthology commissioned in 1201 by the Retired Emperor Go-Toba and compiled in 1205 by Fujiwara no Yoshitsune
9. S 9.Shinchokusen Wakashūimperial waka anthology compiled in 1234 at the behest of the Retired Emperor Go-Horikawa by Fujiwara no Teika, containing 1376 poems in 20 volumes
10. S 11.Shokukokin WakashūJapanese imperial anthology of poetry
11. S 12.Shokushūi Wakashū
12. S 13.Shingosen Wakashūimperial anthology of Japanese waka poetry
13. G 14.Gyokuyō Wakashū
14. S 15.Shokusenzai Wakashū
15. S 16.Shokugoshūi Wakashū14th century Japanese poetry anthology
16. F 17.Fūga Wakashūimperial anthology of Japanese waka compiled between 1344 and 1346
17. S 18.Shinsenzai Wakashūimperial anthology of Japanese waka completed in 1359
18. S 19.Shinshūi Wakashū19th imperial anthology of Japanese waka poetry compiled in 1364
19. S 20.Shingoshūi Wakashūimperial anthology of Japanese waka poetry
20. S 21.Shinshokukokin WakashūJapanese poetry anthology
21. S 22.Shokugosen Wakashūimperial waka collection of Japan

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