The six most well known Waka poets (六歌仙 Rokkasen) were selected poets of Waka in the early Heian period. They were: Waka (å’ŒæŒ) or Yamato uta is a genre of Japanese poetry. ... The Heian period (Japanese: 平安時代, Heian-jidai) is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. ...
The six Waka poets derived from the anthology of poems Kokin-wakashu (905), where Ki no Tsurayuki, one of compilers, referred to them as "famous poets in the near past" in the preface. He did not give high acclaim or the title "immortals of waka" (kasen) to them, however. That title was given later. Henjo (遍昭 or 遍照, 816- February 12, 890) was a Japanese waka poet and Buddhist priest. ... Ariwara no Narihira (在原業平, 825 - July 9, 880) was a Japanese waka poet and aristocrat. ... Ono no Komachi (From Ogura Hyakunin Isshu) Ono no Komachi (å°é‡Ž å°ç”º approximate dates 825–900 A.D.) was a famous Japanese Waka poet, one of the Rokkasen—Six best Waka poets, in the early Heian period. ... Kokin (waka)shu (古今(和歌)集 kokin (waka)shū, collection of ancient and modern poems) is an early Heian waka anthology, conceived by Emperor Uda (r. ... Ki no tsurayuki (From Ogura Hyakunin Isshu) Ki no Tsurayuki (ç´€ 貫之) 872-945) was a Japanese author, poet and courtier. ...
Poets writing in tanka, haiku and shi move in separate planes and seldom write poetry other than in their specific chosen form, although some active poets are eager to collaborate with poets in other genres.
About 1,000 waka, mainly from the late Nara period till the contemporary times, were anthologized by five wakapoets in the court including Kino Tsurayuki who wrote the "Preface in Kana" (Kanajo).
Poets were expected to create a spring waka in winter or recite a poem of love or lamentation without real situations.
There were comical waka already in the Kojiki and the Man'yōshū, but the noble style of waka in the court inhibited and scorned such aspects of waka.
Waka range in size from small canoes used for fishing or river travel by individuals or small groups through to very large waka taua (war canoes) manned by up to 80 paddlers and large double-hulled canoes for oceanic voyaging.
A waka huia is a hollowed and carved vessel used for storing (of taonga) treasures such as the prized tail feathers of the now-extinct huia which are worn as ornaments in the hair.
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