Book twenty (20.4293-4516) of the Man'y sh comprises 224 poems (218 tanka , six ch ka ) with unspecified genres. It is important for both the history of the Japanese language, and the history of Japanese literature: it contains many poems written in Eastern Old Japanese and provides an interesting literary background to the political struggles that were taking place at this time at the Nara court.
Read More
Book twenty (20.4293-4516) of the Man'y sh comprises 224 poems (218 tanka , six ch ka ) with unspecified genres. It is important for both the history of the Japanese language, and the history of Japanese literature: it contains many poems written in Eastern Old Japanese and provides an interesting literary background to the political struggles that were taking place at this time at the Nara court.
Read Less
