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Hyakunin isshu |
Hyakunin isshu (百人一首, ひゃくにんいっしゅ, Hyakunin isshu) - A
traditional style of compiling Japanese waka poetry where
each contributor writes one poem for the anthology.
Literally, it translates to "one hundred people, one poem
[each]". It also refers to the card game of uta-garuta,
which uses a deck composed of poems from one such anthology.
The most famous hyakunin isshu, often referred to as the
Hyakunin Isshu because no other one compares to its
notability, is the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, compiled by
Fujiwara no Teika (or Sadaie, 1162 – 1241) while he lived in
the Ogura district of Kyoto, Japan.
One of Teika's diaries, the Meigetsuki, says that his son,
Fujiwara no Tame'ie, asked him to arrange one hundred poems
for Tame'ie's father-in-law, who was furnishing a residence
near Mount Ogura; hence the full name of "Ogura Hyakunin
Isshu".
Many other anthologies compiled along the same criteria--one
hundred poems by one hundred poets--include the words
hyakunin isshu, notably the World War II-era Aikoku Hyakunin
Isshu (愛国百人一首, Aikoku Hyakunin Isshu), or One Hundred
Patriotic Poems by One Hundred Poets. Also important is
Kyōka Hyakunin Isshu (狂歌百人一首, Kyōka Hyakunin Isshu), a
series of parodies of the original Ogura collection.
Information source: “Hyakunin Isshu.” wikipedia.org. Article
date: 10 Jan. 2008. Retrieved: Wikipedia. 4 Feb. 2008 <Hyakunin
Isshu>.
Video - The following is a fairly long
video showing how to play the carta game with Hyakunin Isshu. |
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