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Gin'yō Ika-shū

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Gin'yō Ika-shū (銀葉夷歌集) is a Japanese kyōka anthology in five volumes.

Compiler and date

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Gin'yō Ika-shū, an anthology of kyōka poetry, was compiled by Seihakudō Gyōfū (生白 堂行風) and first printed in the second month of Enpō 7 (1679) by Iseya San'uemon (伊勢屋山右衛門) in Osaka.

Title

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Gin'yō Ika-shū was Gyōfū's third collection, following Kokin Ikyoku-shū and Gosen Ikyoku-shū. The names of these earlier two works are derived from the first two imperial anthologies of waka poetry, the Kokin Waka-shū and Gosen Waka-shū, and so it appears Gyōfū intended to follow this pattern in calling this work the Kin'yō Ikyoku-shū (金葉夷曲集) after the Kin'yō Waka-shū, but for whatever reason he changed his mind, with both the preface (序題) and title page (内題) showing signs of having been amended to the present title.

Contents

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The collection contains roughly 1,000 kyōka, in ten volumes. The volumes' topics are, respectively, "Spring", "Summer", "Autumn", "Winter", "Felicitations (and Shinto)", "Partings (and Travel)", "Love", "Miscellaneous I (Names of Things and Acrostic Poetry)", "Miscellaneous II", and "Buddhism".

References

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Citations

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Works cited

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  • Ochi, Mitoko (1983). "Gin'yō Ika-shū". Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典 (in Japanese). Vol. 2. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. p. 265. OCLC 11917421.