| | An Overview of Zazen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | Recent studies of the historical records of these six poets suggest that this "recent times" may have been the era of or earlier than the Emperor Yozei's (876 - 884, in the early Heian period). |
| | When picking exemplars "who have a profound knowledge of poetry and are able to compose poems themselves", Kino Tsurayuki announced that he had omitted those who were high in rank because to choose the work of such privileged people was so commonplace that his task might not be taken seriously. |
| | The fact is that there were a number of prominent poets among the court nobles during and before the Yozei era. |
| web-jpn.org /museum/others/uta/tanka/about_roku.html (303 words) |
