New Imperial Anthology of Waka Poetry

The ninth imperial anthology of waka poetry. 20 volumes. In June 1232 (Joei 1), Fujiwara Teika selected it by order of Emperor Gohorikawa. However, the process of its creation was complicated, and in October of the same year, the draft of the 20 volumes' table of contents and preface was submitted (formal submission). In June 1234 (Tenpuku 2), at the request of Emperor Gohorikawa, a clean copy of the draft of 1,498 poems was submitted (provisional submission), and in November after the Emperor's death, at the request of former regent Fujiwara Michiie, poems by poets related to the Jōkyū Rebellion, such as Emperor Gotoba, were deleted. In March 1235 (Bunreki 2), the selected version was delivered to Michiie (completed). The number of poems is 1,374. The collection is divided into three sections: Spring (upper and lower), Summer, Autumn (upper and lower), Winter, Celebrations, Journeys, Gods, Buddhism, Love 1-5, and Miscellaneous 1-5. The number of poems included in the collection is led by Fujiwara Ietaka with 43, followed by Fujiwara Yoshitsune with 36 and Fujiwara Shunzei with 35, with Teika's own poems limited to 15. It also includes poems by poets related to the Kamakura Shogunate, including 25 poems by Minamoto Sanetomo, and was nicknamed the "Uji River Collection" (a collection containing many poems by samurai). Compared to the seductive style of the Shin Kokinshu, the style is more simple and elegant, and in later generations it was praised as a collection based on fact.

[Higuchi Yoshimaro]

"New Imperial Anthology of Poetry, edited by Kusakabe Noboru and Higuchi Yoshimaro (Iwanami Bunko)" ▽ "New Imperial Anthology of Poetry, commented by Higuchi Yoshimaro (1980, Japan Classical Literature Society Rare Book Publishing Association)"

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第9代の勅撰和歌集。20巻。1232年（貞永1）6月、後堀河(ごほりかわ)天皇の下命で藤原定家が撰した。しかし成立経過は複雑で、同年10月に20巻の目録と序の草案を奏覧（形式的奏覧）。1234年（天福2）6月、後堀河院の希望で1498首の草稿本を清書、奏覧（仮奏覧）、院崩後の11月、前関白藤原道家の要望で後鳥羽院(ごとばいん)ら承久(じょうきゅう)の乱関係歌人の歌を削除。1235年（文暦2）3月、精撰本を道家の手許に届けた（完成）。歌数1374首。春上下、夏、秋上下、冬、賀、羇旅(きりょ)、神祇(じんぎ)、釈教(しゃっきょう)、恋1～5、雑(ぞう)1～5に分類される。入集歌数は、藤原家隆(いえたか)の43首を筆頭に、藤原良経(よしつね)の36首、藤原俊成(しゅんぜい)の35首が多く、定家自身の歌は15首に抑えている。源実朝(さねとも)の歌を25首選入するなど鎌倉幕府関係歌人の歌も載せ、「宇治河集」（武士の歌を多く含む集）とあだ名された。作風は『新古今集』の妖艶(ようえん)に比して平淡優雅で、後世、実を根本とする集と評された。

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『久曽神昇・樋口芳麻呂校訂『新勅撰和歌集』（岩波文庫）』▽『樋口芳麻呂解説『新勅撰和歌集』（1980・日本古典文学会貴重本刊行会）』

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