Newly Selected Manyoshu - Shinsen Manyoshu

A collection of waka poems from the early Heian period. Two volumes. According to the preface, the first volume was completed in 893 (Kanpei 5), and the second volume in 913 (Engi 13). The original form was a collection of waka poems divided into two volumes, mainly consisting of the poems from the "Kanpei Gotoki Kokyu Utaawase" (Kanpei Gotoki Kokyu Utaawase) by Uda Tomomi (887-897), with other poems added, and edited into five parts: spring, summer, autumn, winter, and love (thoughts). The Chinese translations of seven-character quatrains that are added to the left of each poem were originally only a few poems, but were later expanded to reach their current form. It was also called the "Kanke Manyoshu," but there is no conclusive evidence that Sugawara no Michizane himself was involved. Waka poems are written in Manyo-gana (Mana style), which retains the ancient style of kana usage from the early Heian period. It is also a good resource for considering the differences and similarities in the methods of expression between waka and Chinese poetry.

[Hideo Watanabe]

"The New Manyoshu and its Research" by Kusogami Noboru (1958, Unpublished Japanese Literature Publication Society)" "The Establishment of the New Manyoshu by Kumagai Naoharu, Volumes 1 and 2 (Collected in Japanese Literature Studies, October 1976 and March 1977, Waseda University Japanese Literature Society)"

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平安前期の和歌撰集。2巻。序文によれば上巻は893年（寛平5）、下巻は913年（延喜13）成立という。原形は宇多(うだ)朝（887～897）の「寛平御時后宮歌合(かんぴょうのおおんとききさいのみやのうたあわせ)」歌を主体としてほかの歌合歌を加えて上下両巻に分かち、おのおの春・夏・秋・冬・恋（思）の五部立(ぶだて)に編集した和歌撰集であり、各歌の左に添えられた七言絶句の漢訳詩も当初は数首にすぎなかったものが増補されて現形に至ったと考えられる。『菅家(かんけ)万葉集』と異称されたが、菅原道真(すがわらのみちざね)自身の関与を裏づける確証はない。和歌の表記は万葉仮名（真名(まな)体）が用いられ、仮名遣いに平安初期の古態を残す。和歌と漢詩の表出方法の異同を考える好資料でもある。

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『久曽神昇著『新撰万葉集と研究』（1958・未刊国文資料刊行会）』▽『熊谷直春「新撰万葉集の成立」上下（『国文学研究』所収・1976.10、77.3・早稲田大学国文学会）』

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