Examine waka

１　Examine the source of waka
２　Examine the meaning of waka
３　Investigate terms and names of people, etc.
４　Others

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"New Edition National Anthem Taikan" (outside site) All 10 volumes (20 volumes) "New Edition National Anthem Taikan" Editorial Committee / Edition Kadokawa Shoten 1983-1992 5F Reference 911.1

Approximately 450,000 ancient and early modern waka poems are recorded for each song collection, and the original song, author name, song number, etc. are described. Teshisenshu ※In addition to waka collections such as 1, it also contains waka poems published in stories and diaries, making it a culmination of Japanese waka. Each volume of the songbook has an index, which can be drawn from all phrases of the song. There is no comprehensive index for all volumes.
The CD-ROM version, which can be viewed at the PC Research Corner on the 3rd floor, allows phrase search, vocabulary search, songbook / song number search.
※1 A collection of waka and Chinese poems by the Imperial Sen (selected by the Emperor himself).

"School Note Kokuan Anthem Daisei" (outside site) Volume 28 Kokumin Book Co., Ltd. / Edition Kokumin Book 1928-1931 Library

147 volumes of songs from ancient times to early Meiji songs are included, and the text of songs and glossary are described. Volumes 24 to 28 are the comprehensive index, which can be drawn from the first and third phrases of waka. In addition, Volume 23 contains the comprehensive index of the author's name, "Shinshu Author Class" and "Waka History Chronology" (BC to 1888).

"Service Search Niina Song Dictionary" (outside site) Kaoru Nakamura / edition Meiji Shoin 2007 5F Reference 911.1

It covers approximately 8,000 heads before the Meiji period. It is arranged in alphabetical order of waka, and lists the author's name and the title that lists or quotes the waka. Songs that are not included in "Kokuan Taikan" or "Kokuan Daisei" are also recorded.

"Story Waka Soran" (outside site) Volume 2 Noboru Kusojin, Yoshimaro Higuchi, Takashi Fujii / Co-edited Kazama Shobo 1974, 1976 5F Reference 911.1

Waka in creative stories from the Heian period to the early Edo period are recorded by story. The main text is divided into three parts: "Part 1 Creative Story" (Heian-North and South Dynasties), "Part 2 Monogatari Utashu" (Heian-Muromachi period), and "Part 3 Ogasogami" (Kamakura-Edo early). I am. In the index section, you can draw from all the phrases of the waka in the text section.

"Tsunogawa Contemporary Tanka Shusei" (outside site) 4 volumes and separate volume Shiro Akiba / [etc.] Tsunogawa Gakugei Publishing 2009 5F Reference 911.1

It contains about 30,000 tanka since 1954. It is Makiji for each theme of life, life, nature, and social culture. The separate volume is an index of all four volumes, and can be drawn from the poet's name and vocabulary. There is a list of podium chronology, tanka awards and awards.

• Classical selection body database (National Literature Research Museum)
  https://kokubunken.repo.nii.ac.jp/search?search_type=2&q=415 (external site)
  　This is a database that allows you to search for reprinted texts of Japanese books from the National Literature Research Museum. Waka text and lyrics ※2. You can search by author, etc. It can be used if it is an environment that can be connected to the Internet.
  ※2 A word that wrote the taste that I wrote at the beginning of a waka. The title. See you. (Please confirm the access URL on January 5, 2024)
• Waka Database (International Research Center for Japanese Culture)
  https://lapis.nichibun.ac.jp/waka/menu.html (external site)
  　21st generation ※In addition to 3, this is a database of wakas included in major private collections and private collections. In addition to listing wakas by songbook and author, you can search by phrases contained in waka and lyrics. This can also be used if it is an environment that can be connected to the Internet.
  ※3 The general term for the twenty-one Teshisen Japanese song collections below Kokinshu. (Please confirm the access URL on January 5, 2024)

"Nihon Song Collection" (outside site)

Ken Akiyama / [Others] 1988, 5th floor Reference 911.1
First generation ※It contains the meaning and commentary of about 2,000 representative waka from 4 to the present day. There are singer indexes and posted song indexes.

　　※4 The Nara period, including before and after the Nara period

“Community Name Song Dictionary” (outside site) Yukichi Takeda, Chikao Tsuchida / Author Takusha 5F Reference 911.1

It contains the meaning and simple explanations of about 3,000 representative waka from the early generation to the early modern era. (Modern tanka contains about 1,000 heads and only a part has meaning and commentary.) In addition to the personal name index, there is a whole phrase index, which can be searched even when only a part of the waka is known.

"Interpretation and Appreciation Encyclopedia of New Edition Waka" (outside site) Muneo Inoue / Edition Chuichi Mukawa / Henkasama Shoin 1999 5F Reference 911.1

Contains the meaning and commentary of about 840 representative waka from the early generation to the present. The number of recordings is small, but it is explained in detail. There are major phrases and items indexes, singer-specific indexes, and first phrase indexes.

“Sanseido Meika Name Dictionary” (outside site) Hiroshi Morioka / Author Tokyodo Publishing 5F, 2007 288.1

The meaning and commentary of about 3,200 representative waka from the early generation to the present (only commentary for modern and contemporary works) are posted. There is a song index and a person name index.

"Meika Meiku Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Age, People, Nature" (outside site) Jun Kubota / Hen Hiroaki Nagashima / Hen Meiji Shoin 2012 5F Reference 911.1

The meaning and commentary of about 3,000 representative waka from the early generation to the present (only commentary for modern and contemporary works) are posted. There are all song indexes and matter indexes. It is characteristic that it is arranged according to classification such as spring, summer, autumn, winter, love, etc.

• Complete Works of Japanese Classical Literature, Shogakukan
  　　
• "Completed Japanese Classics" Shogakukan
  　
• "Shincho Nihon Classical Collection" Shinchosha
  　
• "Nippon Classical Literature Daisei" Iwanami Shoten　　

"Waka Dictionary" (outside site) Kiyoshi Inukai / [etc.] Meiji Shoin 1986 5F Reference 911.1

This is a comprehensive waka dictionary that explains about 10,000 words, such as personal names, works, and terms related to classical waka from the early days to the early modern era.

"Contemporary Tanka Encyclopedia" (outside site) Shiyo Oshima / [etc.] Sanseido 2000

In addition to about 1,000 poets who have been active in modern times, about 1,500 items such as song magazines, songbooks, associations, and tanka terms are arranged in alphabetical order, and explanations are described. If the item is a poet, the date of birth, biography, style, songbook / songbook, representative song, etc. are described as commentary. At the end of the book, you will find a person name index, a matter index, and a citation song index.

“Waka / Haikai History Encyclopedia” (outside site) Japan Overseas Associates 2003 5F Reference 911.1

From ancient times to the end of the Tokugawa period, about 3,000 people who were active in the fields related to poetry, such as waka and Chinese poetry, are arranged in alphabetical order, and the date of birth, history, and books are described. The sister edition includes the Poet's Name Encyclopedia (Reference 911.0 on the 5th floor), which contains poets, poets and poets since the Meiji era.

"Japan Utoba Expression Dictionary" (outside site) Volumes 15 Japan Utaba Expression Dictionary Publications / Edition Shin Ooka / Supervised Yusukan 1997-2010 5F Reference 911.1

This is a dictionary that categorizes and explains words and phrases written in waka and haiku by theme and expression method. "Plant Edition", "Animal Edition", "License Edition", "Love Edition", "Life Edition", "Kyoka / Kawayanagi Edition", "Pillow Edition", "Uta Pillow Edition", "Uta Pillow Edition", "Kake-up Edition", "Honkamoto Book Reading Edition ".

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＊Please refer to the following materials for the glossary (* 1-4) in the text. "Kojien 7th Edition", Izuru Shinmura / edition Iwanami Shoten 2018 Bibliographic number: 111355114