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Shika Wakashū

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Date written
  
1154

Followed by
  
Senzai Wakashū

Preceded by
  
Kin'yō Wakashū

Editor
  
Fujiwara no Akisuke

Similar
  
Shin Kokin Wakashū, Kokin Wakashū, Kagerō Nikki, Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, Sarashina Nikki

Shika Wakashū (詞花和歌集, "Collection of Verbal Flowers"), abbreviated as Shikashū, is an imperial anthology of Japanese waka, compiled c.1151–1154 CE at the behest of the Emperor Sutoku who ordered it in 1144. It was compiled by Fujiwara no Akisuke (1090–1155; a member of the Rokujō). It consists of ten volumes containing 411 poems.

The Shikashū is the shortest of the imperial anthologies. Despite Akisuke's ostensibly conservative nature, it is rather eclectic and has a wide variety of poems.

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Shika Wakashū Wikipedia