Shin kokinshū

Japanese literary anthology

Also known as: “Shin kokin wakashū”

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In Japan: Kamakura culture: the new Buddhism and its influence
…selection of poems entitled the Shin kokin wakashū. The waka of this period is characterized by the term yūgen, which may be described as a mood both profound and mysterious.
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In Japanese literature: Kamakura period (1192–1333)
…of the later anthologies, the Shin kokinshū (c. 1205), was compiled by Fujiwara Sadaie, or Teika, among others, and is considered by many as the supreme accomplishment in tanka composition. The title of the anthology—“the new Kokinshū”—indicates the confidence of the compilers that the poets represented were worthy successors of…
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