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This is a project that will contain translations of the first three Japanese poetry collections. At present, the project is still in its early stages so most of the pages are first drafts, and much of the supporting material (the introductions and overall explanations) are incomplete or missing entirely.

Two pages from the 1120 Gen'ei bon Kokinshu manuscript, the earliest manuscript of the Kokin wakashū.

• General introduction

Poetry collections:

• Kokin wakashū (古今和歌集)
• Gosen wakashū (後撰和歌集)
• Shūi wakashū (拾遺和歌集)

Appendices:

• Index of first lines
• List of people
• List of places
• Timeline of poems
• Translation glossary