Kanji 撰 composing, editing, compiling 集 gather, meet, congregate Related words 私し 撰せん 集しゅう A privately compiled poetry anthology, as opposed to one commissioned by the imperial court.
二に 十じゅう 一いち 代だい 集しゅう The collective term for the twenty-one imperial anthologies of waka, of which 勅撰集 is the generic term.
Written forms 勅ちょく 撰せん 集しゅう
Standard kanji spelling for an imperially commissioned poetry anthology.
勅ちょく 選せん 集しゅう
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; 撰 is the correct character for 'compile', while 選 means 'select'. This variant is occasionally seen but not standard.
Etymology From 勅 (choku, 'imperial order') + 撰 (sen, 'compile') + 集 (shū, 'collection'). The term refers specifically to poetry anthologies compiled by imperial command, a practice that began in the early Heian period.
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