Ogura Hyakunin Isshu

Hyakunin Isshu (Japanese百 人 一 首) called in Japan a certain kind of collection of waka poems. The editor of the collection chooses for a hundred poems by one hundred poets and puts them together in an anthology. Analogously, translated means Hyakunin Isshu "One hundred poems of a hundred poets ".

The best known of these anthologies is Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (Japanese小 仓 百 人 一 首), which was compiled by Fujiwara no Teika ( other reading Fujiwara no Sadaie ) in 1235 while he was living in Kyoto district Ogura. It includes poems from more than five centuries and are in approximate chronological order, an overview of the seal at the court of Tennō. For centuries it served students of poetry as an inspiration for writing your own poems. At the beginning of the 17th century Ogura Hyakunin Isshu was the subject of a popular parlor game, the Uta- Garuta. From the mid- 17th century, the anthology was printed in book form, with comments and with imaginary pictures of the author. Up to the present time she is enjoying great popularity in Japan.