Collection of Grass Herbs - Souanshu

This is a private collection of poems by the poetic monk Ton'a from the end of the Kamakura period, during the Northern and Southern Courts period. It consists of 10 volumes in the main volume and 5 volumes in the sequel. The main volume is divided into four sections: Four Seasons, Love, Miscellaneous, Journeys, Sorrow, Buddhism, Gods, and Congratulations, and contains approximately 1,400 poems. It is said to have been completed around 1359 (Shohei 14, Enbun 4). The sequel is organized into four sections: Four Seasons, Love, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Style, and Renga, and contains 560 poems and 100 Renga phrases. The poems in this collection are in the traditional, gentle and elegant style of Nijo school poetry. For this reason, it was revered by court poets as a typical example of the Nijo school's poetry style throughout the Muromachi and Edo periods, and many commentaries on it were published, including "Sōanshu Mougyūgenkai" (Kagawa Sen'a) and "Sōanshu Tamahahaki" (Motoori Norinaga).

[Toshinori Inada]

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鎌倉末、南北朝時代の歌僧頓阿(とんあ)の家集。正編10巻、続編五巻。正編は四季、恋、雑(ぞう)、羇旅(きりょ)、哀傷、釈教、神祇(じんぎ)、賀の部立(ぶだて)よりなり、約1400余首を収録。1359年（正平14・延文4）ごろの成立とされる。続編は四季、恋、雑それに雑体と連歌(れんが)の組織で、560首、連歌100句を収録。この歌集の歌は、二条派の伝統である温雅な歌風を具備している。ために、室町時代、江戸時代を通して、二条派の歌風の典型として堂上派歌人たちに尊重され、『草庵集蒙求諺解(もうぎゅうげんかい)』（香川宣阿(せんあ)）、『草庵集玉箒(たまははき)』（本居宣長(もとおりのりなが)）などはじめ、多数の注釈書が刊行されている。

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