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	Manyoshu Criticism and Essays
		The Manyoshu is the oldest anthology of Japanese poetry and traces its origins to the Asuka and Nara periods.
		Much of the richness of the Manyoshu is due to the wide background of the authors; unlike later anthologies, the Manyoshu does not exclude everything outside the imperial court but encompasses all levels of Japanese life.
		Some of the poems in the Manyoshu are thought to have come down from the oral tradition and may have originated as far back as the third century; clearly some other verses date to at least the middle of the fifth century.
	www.enotes.com /classical-medieval-criticism/manyoshu (675 words)

	The Man'yoshu
		According to the Columbia University Press in their Introduction to The Manyoshu, these poems were "written for the most part by the poet who flourished in the Fujiwara and Nara Periods..."(xiii).
		According to The Manyoshu, the twenty books are "...rich in poems of people as well as in those of the court."(xviii) This means that not only the people of the court and the Imperial Family, but peasants, merchants, frontiersmen, and even beggars contributed their work to the anthology.
		The Manyoshu gives a few good examples of this complex concept, such as the use of the phrase "grass for pillow" to mean journey.
	mll.kenyon.edu /~japanese02/J28sp99/projects/larsson/1/index.html (1825 words)

	The Flowering of Japanese Literature
		For the kokugakushu, the poems of the Manyoshu are distinguished by their perception of how all objects, no matter how inconspicuous, betray the ultimate sadness or tragedy of life on earth.
		In the Manyoshu poetry and all its derivatives, the whole world can be writ small in a single, inconsequential event, such as the falling of a leaf of the blossoming of a cherry tree.
		This interpretation, however, is very narrow—the Manyoshu poetry and its derivatives betray the entire range of human experience and emotion.The style is simple and direct, evoking meaning not from florid language or elaborate metaphors, but from the object or event being described.
	www.wsu.edu:8001 /~dee/ANCJAPAN/LIT.HTM (1858 words)

	Japanese Poetry
		It is both a love song for an unknown girl whom the poet met by chance and a ritual song praising the beauty of the land.
		The poets of the Manyoshu were aristocrats who were born in Nara but sometimes lived or traveled in other provinces as bureaucrats of the emperor.
		It is thought the Manyoshu reached its final form, the one we know today, very early in the Heian period.
	www.clipart.teleactivities.com /poetry/japanese_poetry.html (3469 words)

	Manyoshu Criticism
		In the following excerpt, the Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai (the Japanese Classics Translation Committee) present an overview of the Manyoshu, including discussions of the political, social, and philosophical background to the collection.
		In the following excerpt, Keene presents a concise history of translations of the Manyoshu and praises the Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai version for its rendering of the poems into English.
		In the following essay, Wilson offers a brief overview of the Manyoshu, with remarks on the wide diversity of both the poets who contributed their works and the forms in which they chose to express themselves.
	www.bookrags.com /criticisms/Manyoshu (556 words)

	Otomo no Sakanoue & Kasa no Iratsume
		Manyoshu (Collection of 10,000 leaves) is the first major anthology of Japanese poetry, compiled sometime after 760 and containing over 4500 poems.
		The compiler of the anthology was Otomo no Yakamochi (c.718-785), and two of the most interesting women in Manyoshu are connected to him --- the one as his aunt, his poetic mentor, and later his mother-law; the other as one of his lovers.
		The romanized originals of all of Kasa no Iratsume's Manyoshu poems (and their translation into Italian); her poems begin at #395 and go to the end.
	home.infionline.net /~ddisse/otomo.html (1292 words)

	Artists Revive Japan's Ancient Anthology
		Manyoshu, the oldest existing anthology in Japan, was produced by Japanese from the seventh to the mid eight century and consists of 4,516 pieces.
		The anthology is known as the oldest record of songs by ancient Japanese and their society and internationally acclaimed cultural asset.
		He said the Manyoshu is a literature that was born from the interactions of Japanese, Koreans, and Chinese who expressed their daily experiences of joy, sorrow, and laughter.
	www.artic.edu /webspaces/fnews/2002-december/gallery/keidy/news.html (1033 words)

	Images of Japan - Page 19 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The developement of the Japanese written language as it is today was due in part to Chinese influence in the early centuries prior to the Manyoshu.
		Manyoshu: The first great anthology of 4, 500 Japanese verse compiled in the 750's.
		The word Manyoshu tranlates into "Collection of Myriad Leaves" or "Collection of 10,000 leaves" and it was written in the Japanese language with borrowed Chinese symbols.
	balder.prohosting.com /~megaera/Page19.html (186 words)

	Manyoshu - Résultats de la recherche - MSN Encarta
		Manyoshu, la plus ancienne anthologie poétique japonaise, compilée vers 760.
		Depuis le Manyoshu déjà, le waka ne se comprend qu’accompagné d’un court préambule en prose, qui le situe et l’éclaire.
		Cette anthologie, achevée vers 905, s’inscrit dans les traces du Manyoshu, tout en établissant une nouvelle structure, le classement thématique...
	fr.ca.encarta.msn.com /Manyoshu.html (68 words)

	Currents of Change
		He saw as the Manyoshu as the fountainhead of Japanese spirit.
		Mabuchi held that the Manyoshu embodied the naturalness, spontaneity, and manly vigor that had been present Japan before Chinese culture had perverted true Japanese culture.
		According to him, the manner of conduct of the courtiers of the Heian period grew out of exposure to Chinese culture and was artificial and effeminate.
	mccoy.lib.siu.edu /~fl102/Currents.html (1823 words)

	1000 Poems from the Manyoshu: The Complete Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai Translation
		Dating from the eighth century and earlier, the Manyoshu is the oldest Japanese poetry anthology.
		The 1,000 poems chosen for this famous selection were chosen by a distinguished scholarly committee based on their poetic excellence, their role in revealing the Japanese national spirit and character, and their cultural and historical significance.
		Because of his extreme sensitivity to the absurd, the protagonist of this masterpiece of decadence has estranged himself from society and savors the most bizarre aspects of human existence in his quest for novelty.
	store.doverpublications.com /0486439593.html (246 words)

	The Seven Grasses of Autumn
		In Okura’s Manyoshu poem on the seven grasses, as well as in other Heian literature, the word ‘asagao’ in all likelihood refers to the kikyo (Platycodon grandifilorum, Chinese bellflower or balloon flower).
		Thus it does not appear in the Manyoshu anthology of Japanese poetry and song, However chrysanthemum became an important motif in painting, literature, and other works of art from the Heian period to the present day.
		The capacity of the autumn grasses for inspiring deep emotion among people in olden days may be viewed through their composite nature of beauty tinged with sadness.
	www.urasenke.org /new/flowers/index.html (1355 words)

	Amazon.fr : Ten Thousand Leaves: Love Poems from the Manyoshu: Livres en anglais: Harold Wright (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Compiled during the eighth century, the Manyoshu is a sweeping anthology of 4516 poems on a range of subjects from the bawdy to the heroic.
		The Manyoshu is the great literary work of eighth century Japan, a collection comprising works from more than four hundred writers.
		Its richness and nobility of sentiments have made the Manyoshu an object of literary fascination for centuries.
	www.amazon.fr /Ten-Thousand-Leaves-Poems-Manyoshu/dp/0879512407 (489 words)

	Manyoshu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The great poet, Otomo no Yakamochi (died in 785), is believed to be the last compiler of the Manyoshu.
		Yamanoue Okura, who belonged to a family of naturalized Japanese (kikajin), is said to have compiled an important source book called the Ruiju Karin (Forest of Classified Verses); but this book does not exist today.
		Ninety percent of the Manyoshu poems are tanka--a verse of 5 lines of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~thomask/eall271/nara_period/manyoshu.html (329 words)

	KIPPO NEWS Tuesday, June 11, 1996
		Manyoshu museum to be built in Nara's Asuka Village
		The Nara prefectural government announced June 4 it will build a museum inAsuka Village for the study of Manyoshu, the earliest-known collection ofJapanese poetry.Manyoshu contains approximately 4,500 waka poems composedover a period of 350 years through 759 A.D.Of these poems, the most,about 900, were written about Nara.
		Asuka was the main stage of the ancient history of Japan from the 6th tothe 7th century, often referred to in Manyoshu poems.The museum will belocated on a hill near other important historical ruins and cultural assetssuch as the Asukadera Temple, Ishibutai Burial Mound and Sakefuneishi, orSake Vat Rock.Construction at the 42,000 sq.
	www.kippo.or.jp /kansaiwindowhtml/news/1996-e/19960611_NEWS.HTML (821 words)

	Buddhism Enters Japan
		A variety of forms – it is particularly noted for its “long verse.” Subject matter is also much more varied and more direct in expression than later collections, perhaps because the writers seem to have come from various levels of society.
		The Manyoshu is regarded by some scholars as the greatest collection of Japanese poetry.
		The inability to read the Manyoshu’s difficult writing system and the fact that all artistic activity considered worthy now centered on the court led to loss of interest in the older work, its varied subject matter and different poetic forms.
	mccoy.lib.siu.edu /~fl102/Buddhism.html (973 words)

	Manyo no Uta
		The oldest waka collection is called "Manyoshu" (Manyoushu or Man'yoshu) (stems from the 8th century).
		One characteristic of the Manyoshu poems is that as many as more than 2900 poems have place names in the text.
		These two songs were sung for the first time publicly by Tomoko Yamamoto in a program of her Japanese songs including Shiki no Uta (a set of four songs depicting the seasons) given at Wednesday Fellowship at Second Presbyterian Church on April 2, 2003 (Margaret Budd, piano).
	www.tomoko-yamamoto.com /compositions/manyonouta.html (322 words)

	Amazon.ca: Love Songs from the Man'yoshu: Selections from a Japanese Classic: Books: Miyata Et Al (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Japanese literature found its first voice, a clear and powerful one, in the Man'yoshu.
		Literally "The Collection of the Thousand Leaves," this sweeping anthology, its poets ranging from emperors to beggars, is often considered the pinnacle of Japanese verse.
		In the Man'yoshu are found some of the most beautiful love poems in ancient world literature.
	www.amazon.ca /Love-Songs-Manyoshu-Selections-Japanese/dp/4770026420 (635 words)

	Man'yōshū - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The use of Chinese characters to represent Japanese syllables was in fact the genesis of the modern syllabic kana writing systems, being simplified forms (hiragana) or fragments (katakana) of the man'yōgana.
		A Waka Anthology: Volume One: The Gem-Glistening Cup.
		The Ten Thousand Leaves: A Translation of the Man'yoshu.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manyoshu (691 words)

	Find in a Library: The ten thousand leaves : a translation of the Manʼyōshū, Japan's premier anthology of ...
		The Manyōshū; the Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkōksi translation of One thousand poems, with the texts in Romaji.
		Land of the reed plains; ancient Japanese lyrics from the Manyoshu.
		The Manyōshū : one thousand poems selected and translated from the Japanese, with text in Romaji, and an introduction, notes, maps, biographical notes, chronological table, etc.
	www.worldcatlibraries.org /oclc/26602844&tab=editions (509 words)

	Manyoshu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		'''Manyoshu''' (&19975;&33865;&38598; Man'y&333;sh&363;, "Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves") is the oldest existing, and most highly revered, Collection of Japanese poetry, compiled sometime in the Nara or early Heian periods.
		The compiler, or the final in a series of compilers, is believed to be Otomo no Yakamochi, and the last datable poem in the Collection is from 759.
		H. Honda (tr.), The Man'yoshu: a new and complete translation.
	manyoshu.iqnaut.net (699 words)

	JapanCorner - The Benihana Guide to Japan
		.In 720, ‘Nihon Shoki’ (Chronicle of Japan) was published and later in the same century, ‘Manyoshu’ (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves), Japan’s first poetry anthology, was also published.
		Manyoshu contains more than 4,000 poems including many of the ‘tanka’; style with 31 syllables total in lines of 5-7-5-7-7.
		The world’s first novel, Genji Monogatari (Tale of Genji) was written between 1002 and 1019 by Murasaki Shikubu – a female member of the Fujiwara family in Kyoto.
	www.japancorner.com /literature2.asp (852 words)

	Japanese Writing
		One could spell phonetically according to Japanese words or to Chinese words; since a single syllable could be rendered with several different Chinese characters, one could spell the same word several different ways.
		In the history of Japanese writing, the syllabic characters used in the Manyoshu, a collection of poetry from the eigth century, is a cornerstone in the history of writing in Japan.
		It's use of certain characters to represent syllables (rather than the free-for-all in normal Japanese writing) was known as the Manyo kana, the "Manyoshu borrowed words," and became the basis for formal rules of writing syllables in kana.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/ANCJAPAN/WRITING.HTM (938 words)

	Music of Japan and the Ryukyus - The Manyoshu
		These are from the earliest poems in the Manyoshu.
		These were probably written after the years, CE 456-79, the time of the Emperor Yuryaku,and CE 712, the beginning fo the Nara Period.
		They poems are very lyrical a fact that suggests that they well may have been sung.
	aris.ss.uci.edu /rgarfias/courses/japan/manyoshu.html (289 words)

	Japanese Love Poems: Selections from the Manyoshu
		Japan's most significant early anthology of poetry, the Manyoshu explores the many forms of love in the collection's more than 4,000 poems.
		This original selection of verses comprise the work of poets who write in a primitively vital and sensuous language, and their frequent experiments with form offer stimulating reading.
		Features 1,000 poems from the oldest Japanese poetry anthology, chosen by a scholarly committee based on their poetic excellence and their role in revealing the Japanese national spirit and character.
	store.doverpublications.com /0486440419.html (111 words)

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