New selection of mad poetry - Shinsenkyokashu

Japanese: 新撰狂歌集 - しんせんきょうかしゅう

Published around 1633 (Kan'ei 10). Editor and publisher unknown. Two volumes. A compilation of 191 kyoka poems from ancient times to the present (plus 18 haiku poems and one old song) categorized into four themes: Four Seasons, Love, Journeys, Reminiscence, Buddhism, Sorrow, Gods, and Miscellaneous. The authors of the collected works range from Teika and Kyougetsubo of the Kamakura period to more recent figures such as Hosokawa Yusai, Satomura Shoha, and Yuchi Yoro, but there are also many works whose authors are unknown, and mad names such as Mae Ojoto Ason, Mother of the Minister of Tea in Uji, and Muzen Houshi are already in use. There are also many rakushu poems, and the work is full of bold humor throughout.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1633年(寛永10)ころ刊。編者･版元不明。上下2冊。古今の狂歌191首(ほかに俳諧18首，古歌1首)を四季，恋，羇旅，述懐，釈教，哀傷，神祇，雑に分類編集したもの。所収作品の作者は古くは鎌倉時代の定家や暁月坊から近くは細川幽斎，里村紹巴，雄長老（ゆうちようろう）にまで及ぶが，作者不明のものも多く，前大上戸朝臣，宇治の茶大臣母，無銭法師のごとき狂名もすでに用いられている。落首も多く収められ，全体に線の太い笑いに満ちている。

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