I started reading Love Poetry 1 of the “Shin Kokin Wakashu”written by Fujiwara Teika and others. I will take these 90 poetrys and transform them into modern songs. It may be a modern translation. I am also going to compare it with Love Poetry 1 from ” Kokin Wakashu”, which was published the other day.
The characteristics of the ”Shin Kokin Wakashu”are said to be fantastic, aesthetic, and painterly. It is also said that Teika developed the world of “yūgen”that is said to have been proposed by his father, Toshinari.
At the same time, I am also reading a book related to Fujiwara Teika’s 50-year diary, ”Meigetsuki”.
Teika Fujiwara is an interesting man.