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Man'yōshū; Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves
the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry, compiled around the 8th century, containing over 4,500 poems
Cultural note
- Japan's oldest poetry anthology, compiled in the late eighth century (its latest poem is dated 759); about 4,500 和歌 by emperors, nobles and commoners on love, nature, travel and grief
- Written in 万葉仮名, Chinese characters used for their sounds
- Contains 短歌, 長歌 and 旋頭歌
- The era name 令和 (2019–) was taken from a passage in it, the first era name drawn from a Japanese classic rather than Chinese literature