Wiki Category: Principles of Integration

Footprints of the Buddha The Footprints of the Buddha is a 21 poetic sequence which can be found preserved on an inscribed stele at Yakushiji in Nara, the sequence brought together through use of the Principles of Integration. The authorship is unknown and studies have shown some of the poems[...]

Principles of Integration The Principles of Integration were a group of ‘rules’ employed in the compilation of poetic anthologies. Integration was made by progression and association. They can be found mentioned within the Shin-Kokinshū, however we know that the Principles date to before this work as they are seen in the 21[...]

Shin-Kokinshū The Shin-Kokinshū (新古今和歌集– New Collection of Waka Ancient and Modern), know in full as the Shinkokin Wakashū was the 8th Imperial Anthology to be commissioned and compiled. This particular compendium of waka was commissioned by the Retired Emperor Go-Toba and was initially shown to him in 1205 before final completion in 1210.[...]