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MS Japanese 52
- Date:
- 17th century
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
The first of the 21 imperially commissioned anthologies of court
poetry, originally compiled by Ki no Tsurayuki
(c.872-945), on the order of emperor Daigo in
905. This is a manuscript copy of the first ten of
twenty volumes, executed probably in the seventeenth
century.
Publication/Creation
Japan, 17th
century
Physical description
鳥子紙使用 | fine Torinoko paper; Material: paper; 1冊 | 1 satsu (volume); binding dimensions: height cm, width cm
Languages
- Japanese