Sankashū

is a collection of poems by Saigyō, most probably made by the poet himself, and issued .

Dating Because the collection contains no poems from the last decade of Saigyō's life, 1180–90, he is thought to have closed it c.1180, and circulated it thereafter.W R Lafleur, Awesome Nightfall (2003) p. 69

Divisions The collection contains 1552 poems,Shuichi Kato, A History of Japanese Literature (2013) p. 94 and falls into three parts. The first (1-572) is divided into four sections containing poems of the four seasons; the second (573-1041) into two sections - Love and Miscellaneous; and the third (1042-1152) again into two sections - Miscellaneous Songs and One Hundred Songs.H H Honda trans, The Sanka Shu: The Mountain Hermitage (Hokuseido Press 1971) p. vii

Quality Where much court poetry of the time was convoluted, the Sankashū is known for its directness of utterance.Shuichi Kato, A History of Japanese Literature (2013) p. 94 His early translator, Hei-Hachuro Honda, valorised Saigyō's poems of solitude over those that were involved in more communal activities. Later critics, however, have paid more attention to how his poetry was rooted both in his private life and the public life of his society.W R Lafleur, Awesome Nightfall (2003) p. xi and p. 1-2

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