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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

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.

So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers were girdled round:
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.