Kakimoto Group - Kakimoto Group

…By the 13th century, it became common to compose long renga of 50 or 100 lines, and the 100-verse format became the norm. The central figures in this movement were Emperor Gotoba and his associates, including Fujiwara no Teika and Ietaka. It is noteworthy that renga was generally composed as an accompaniment to waka poetry at the time, and that there were also cases where renga was divided into two groups: the Ushin group (Kakimoto group), which composed so-called Ushin renga based on the sentiments of waka poetry, and the Mushin group (Kurimoto group), which composed so-called Mushin renga, which focused on humor and humour, and competed with each other. From this time on, collaborative writing by multiple authors was formalized, various rules for composing were accumulated, and efforts were made to facilitate the management of renga troupes, which prompted the emergence of the Shikimoku (Renga Shikimoku). …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kakimoto-shu" is listed below.

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…13世紀に至り，50句，100句等の長いまとまりで詠むことが多くなり，やがて百韻の形式が基本になる。その動向の中心となったのは後鳥羽院とその周辺にいた藤原定家･同家隆らの歌人であり，連歌は和歌に付随したものとして詠まれるのが当時の一般的なあり方であったこと，さらに和歌的情趣による，いわゆる〈有心（うしん）連歌〉を詠む有心衆(柿本衆)と，滑稽諧謔を中心とする，いわゆる〈無心（むしん）連歌〉を詠む無心衆(栗本衆)との両派に分かれて競作するような場合もあったことが注意される。このころから，複数の作者による共同制作が定式化し，詠作上の種々の約束事が集積され，連歌の座の運営を円滑にする努力がなされるようになり，連歌式目(式目)の発生がうながされた。…

※「柿本衆」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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