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勅撰集 (ちょくせんしゅう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
imperially commissioned poetry anthology
historical term
Historical term for a collection of waka or other poetry compiled by order of the emperor or a retired emperor. The most famous are the 二十一代集 (Nijūichidaishū), the twenty-one imperial anthologies.
勅ちょく 撰せん 集しゅう に は 、 天皇てんのう や 貴き 族ぞく の 歌うた が 多おお く 収おさ め られ て いる 。
Imperial anthologies contain many poems by emperors and nobles.
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.
Kanji 撰 composing, editing, compiling 集 gather, meet, congregate Similar 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.
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.
