Untitled poem from Japan - Honcho Mudaisi

A collection of Chinese poetry from the late Heian period. Ten or three volumes. It was probably compiled between 1162 (Oho 2) and 1164 (Chokan 2). It is a collection of poems other than those with five-character titles. It is classified into the 37th section and contains over 770 poems by 30 poets from the late Heian period. The authors were Fujiwara no Shukou, Tadamichi, Atsumitsu, Mochiakira, Akihira, and other members of the Fujiwara Shikike family and their associates, and it may have been compiled according to the wishes of Fujiwara no Tadamichi. The poems are overwhelmingly seven-character regulated verse, which shows the trends in the poetry world. The world of this work is diverse, covering poetry parties with friends, daily life, yearning for a life in the mountains, and the desire for the coming of Amida Buddha, but it is also valuable in that it shows the seeds of a new literary style, with realistic depictions of local landscapes and vivid portrayals of the lives of ordinary people.

[Shosuke Ozone]

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平安後期の漢詩集。10巻または三巻。1162年（応保2）から64年（長寛2）に成立か。句題（五字の題）以外の詩を集めたもの。平安後期の詩人30人の作品770余首を37部目に分類する。作者は藤原周光(ちかみつ)、忠通(ただみち)、敦光(あつみつ)、茂明(もちあきら)、明衡(あきひら)など藤原式家(しきけ)およびその縁者が中軸を占め、藤原忠通の意向によって編したものか。詩は七言律詩が圧倒的に多く、詩壇の傾向を示している。その世界も友人との詩宴、日常生活、山居生活への思慕、弥陀来迎(みだらいごう)の希求など多岐にわたるが、地方の風景の写実的描写や庶民生活の活写など、新しい文学の萌芽(ほうが)がみられ、貴重である。『群書類従　文筆部』所収。

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