List of Japanese poetry anthologies

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[Nara period] chronicles (710 to 794)

• Man'yōshū the oldest anthology in Japanese, c.785, 20 manuscript scrolls, 4,516 poems, Ōtomo no Yakamochi was probably the last to edit the Man'yōshū. It is not organized in any particular way, and the poems are written in a Japanese version of the Chinese monosyllabic pronunciation for the Chinese characters.

  [Heian period] (794 to 1185)

• Imperial waka anthologies: anthologies as a national project. Each anthology reflected the taste of time and with loyal dignity became canons for contemporaries and those who followed. The earliest three anthologies are often called Sandaishū, Three Major Anthologies, and earliest eight Hachidaishū, Eight Major Anthologies. Twenty one Imperial anthologies were created: they are collectively known as the Nijūichidaishū.
• #Kokin Wakashū the first imperial waka anthology, 20 scrolls, 1,111 poems, ordered by Emperor Daigo and completed c. 905, compiled by Ki no Tsurayuki, Ki no Tomonori, Ōshikōchi no Mitsune and Mibu no Tadamine.
• #Gosen Wakashū 20 scrolls, 1,426 poems, ordered in 951 by Emperor Murakami
• #Shūi Wakashū 20 scrolls, 1,351 poems, ordered by ex-Emperor Kazan
• #Goshūi Wakashū 20 scrolls, approx 1,200 poems, Ordered in 1075 by Emperor Shirakawa, completed in 1086.
• #Kin'yō Wakashū 10 scrolls, 716 poems, ordered by former Emperor Shirakawa, drafts completed 1124–1127, compiled by Minamoto no Shunrai
• #Shika Wakashū 10 scrolls, 411 poems, ordered in 1144 by former Emperor Sutoku, completed c. 1151–1154, compiled by Fujiwara Akisuke
• #Senzai Wakashū 20 scrolls, 1,285 poems, ordered by former Emperor Go-Shirakawa, probably completed in 1188, compiled by Fujiwara no Shunzei
• #Shin Kokin Wakashū the eighth imperial waka anthology. Its name apparently aimed to show the relation and counterpart to Kokin Wakashū, ordered in 1201 by former Emperor Go-Toba, compiled by Fujiwara no Teika, Fujiwara Ariie, Fujiwara no Ietaka, the priest Jakuren, Minamoto Michitomo, and Asukai Masatsune
• Private editions - Most of waka poets have their own anthology edited by self or by another. They were one of sources of the imperial anthologies.
• *Hitomarokashū An anthology of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro works. The editor is unknown. Perhaps edited in the early Heian period. Many misattributed waka are included.
• *Tsurayukishū An anthology of Ki no Tsurayuki works, one of editors of Kokin Wakashū.
• *Kintōshū An anthology of Fujiwara no Kintō, the editor of Wakan Rōeishū. It gave influence to the waka poetry in the middle Heian period.
• *Hyakunin Isshu, or more precisely Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Edited by Fujiwara no Teika. Till Meiji it had been read as elementary book for waka poets.
• *Fujiwara no Teika Kashū An anthology of Fujiwara no Teika works.
• *Izumi Shikibu Shū

  [Kamakura period] (1185–1333) and [Muromachi period] (1336–1573)

• Imperial anthologies - thirteen anthologies were edited mostly in the Kamakura period.

  [Renga]

• Renri Hishō, a treatise on renga poetics by Nijō Yoshimoto
• Tsukubashū edited by Nijō Yoshimoto. Given the status of imperial anthology after compilation.
• Shinsentsukubashū Edited by Sōgi.

  Haikai and [Haiku]

• Shinseninutsukubashū Edited by Yamazaki Sōkan. The significant anthology of early haikai renga from which haiku later developed.
• Kai Ōi. 1672 hokku anthology, compiled by Matsuo Bashō
• Haikai Shichibushū The conventional name for seven anthologies collecting Matsuo Bashō and his disciples' renku.
• *Fuyunohi
• *Harunohi
• *Arano
• *Hisago　
• *Sarumino
• *Sumidawara
• *Zokusarumino

  Kanshi">Kanshi (poetry)">Kanshi

• Kaifūsō the oldest collection of Chinese poetry written by Japanese poets
• Imperial anthologies - Advancing the Imperial waka anthologies, the earliest imperial anthologies gathered Kanshi, the Chinese poetry which Japanese learned from the Tang Dynasty. Three anthologies were edited in the early Heian period:
• #Ryōunshū
• #Bunka Shūreishū
• #Keikokushū

  Miscellaneous

• Wakan rōeishū A collection of waka and kanshi for reciting. Compiled by Fujiwara no Kintō.