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	Waka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Waka (和歌) or Yamato uta is a genre of Japanese poetry.
		It was the first waka anthology edited and issued under Imperial auspices; it commenced a long and distinguished tradition of imperial anthologies of waka that continued up to the Muromachi period.
		There were comical waka already in the Kojiki and the Man'yōshū, but the noble style of waka in the court inhibited and scorned such aspects of waka.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Waka (3047 words)

	Waka: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		During Nara period and the early Heian period the court was in favor of the Chinese style poetry (kanshi) and waka wasn't pursued in eagerness.
		It was the first waka anthology edited under the imperial order and it founded a long tradition of imperial anthologies of waka that continued to the Muromachi period.
		But most of waka poets kept to ancient tradition or made those reformation another stereotype and waka was not a vivid genre in general in the end of this period.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wa/waka.htm (4990 words)

	Waka Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Tanka is a form of Japanese poetry, an even older form than haiku.
		To be exact, it is contained in waka, which consist of tanka, choka, etc. But usually, waka is equal to tanka.
		There were selected poets called Six best Waka poets and Thirty-six best Waka poets.
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/w/wa/waka.html (125 words)

	Heian Era Literature -- A Bibliography (a part of the UCLA Teaching about Japan website)
		For example for the waka collections, he lists the anthologies that follow the Kokinshû, providing a summary of the content, information on the editor (or author for the diaries and tales), the circumstances of its compilation (or writing) and other useful information.
		It is a very good introduction to the literature of the period from which the reader can move on to more specialized studies.
		A very accessible introduction to waka poetry written by one of the pioneers in the field.
	www.international.ucla.edu /eas/japan/lessons/heian-bibliography.htm (2602 words)

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