Kin'yō Wakashū

Kin'yō - Wakashū ( Japanese:金叶 和 歌集also:金叶 集Kin'yōshū, literally Collection Golden Leaves ) is a waka anthology from the late Heian period of Japan. The first two designs were completed in 1124 and 1127. The anthology was compiled by order of the already detached Tennō Shirakawa (1053-1129) of Minamoto no Toshiyori ( 1055-1129 ). The anthology includes 10 volumes with a total of 716 Waka. Due to the free and imaginative style Toshiyoris the Tennō dismissed the first two designs.