Tentoku Dairi Utaawase - Tentoku Dairi Utaawase

Japanese: 天徳内裏歌合 - てんとくのだいりのうたあわせ

Emperor Murakami held this grand Imperial Palace poetry contest on March 30, 960 (4th year of Tentoku). The ceremony was further refined following the example of the "Teiji-in Poetry Contest" held in 913 (13th year of Engi), and became a model for later generations. The poems consisted of 20 pieces on 12 themes: Mist, Nightingale (2), Willow, Cherry Blossom (3), Yamabuki, Wisteria, Evening Spring, Early Summer, Cuckoo (2), Ubuki Flowers, Summer Grasses, and Love (5). The composers included Fujiwara no Asatada, Minamoto no Tsune, Mibu no Tadami, Onakatomi no Yoshinobu, Taira no Kanemori, Fujiwara no Motomasa, Nakatsukasa, and other leading poets of the time, and Emperor Murakami's excellent taste was evident in the poems, furnishings, clothing colors, and music.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

村上天皇が960年(天徳4)3月30日に催した最も盛大な内裏歌合。913年(延喜13)の《亭子院歌合（ていじのいんのうたあわせ）》にならってさらに儀式を整え，後世の模範となった。歌題は霞，鶯(2)，柳，桜(3)，山吹，藤花，暮春，初夏，郭公(2)，卯花，夏草，恋(5)の12題20番。作者には藤原朝忠，源順，壬生忠見，大中臣能宣，平兼盛，藤原元真，中務ほか当代一流の歌人が名を連ね，歌題，調度，服色，音楽にいたるまで，村上天皇の優れた趣味性が発揮されている。

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