The word waka has two different but related meanings: the original meaning was "poetry in Japanese" and … See more

The term waka originally encompassed a number of differing forms, principally tanka (短歌, "short poem") and chōka (長歌, "long poem"), but also including bussokusekika, sedōka (旋頭歌, "memorized poem") and katauta (片 … See more

Waka has a long history, first recorded in the early 8th century in the Kojiki and Man'yōshū. Under influence from other genres such as kanshi, novels and stories such as Tale of Genji and even Western poetry, it d… See more

• Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
• Yamabe no Akahito
• Ōtomo no Yakamochi
• Henjō
• Ariwara no Narihira… See more

• Nijūichidaishū – The collective name for all 21 Imperially-commissioned waka anthologies
• Hyakunin Isshu – Fujiwara no Teika's collection of 100 poems by 100 poets… See more

• Death poem – Japanese death poem (jisei) is mostly made in waka form
• Utakai Hajime – Emperor's waka meeting at the start of the year
• Iroha – Old Japanese syllabary in 7-5 metre poem form… See more

• Brower, Robert H., and Earl Miner, Japanese Court Poetry, Stanford University Press, 1961. ISBN 0-8047-1524-6 pbk
527 pp., a standard academic study.
• Carter, Steven D., editor and translator, Traditional … See more