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The is an anthology of imayō 今様 songs. Originally it consisted of two collections joined together by Cloistered
Emperor Go-Shirakawa
: the Kashishū 歌詞集 and the Kudenshū 口伝集. Only a fragment (about 10%) of this work is still extant.
These songs were very popular in the 12th century Japan
, but quickly fell into disuse in the Kamakura period
.
Cloistered Emperor
Daijō Hōō or Daijō Hō , term sometimestranslated in English as cloistered Emperor, was a Japanese Emperor who abdicated and entered the Buddhist monastic community by receiving the Pravrajya rite...
Emperor Go-Shirakawa
Emperor Go-Shirakawa
Emperor Go-Shirakawa was the 77th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession...
: the Kashishū 歌詞集 and the Kudenshū 口伝集. Only a fragment (about 10%) of this work is still extant.
These songs were very popular in the 12th century Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, but quickly fell into disuse in the Kamakura period
Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo....
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