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Love poetry (Books 11-15) is easily discernible as the most important topic in the first royal anthology, arranged by the principles of association and progression described by Brower and Miner in Japanese Court Poetry (1961). Books 11-15, Love 1-5 are arranged according to the progression of a love affair that consequently correspond to imagery associated with a particular season. The first stage of love was usually associated with Spring (Book 11, Love 1 and Book 12, Love 2), the second stage (or the culmination stage) with Summer (Book 13, Love 3), and the third or final stage of love with Autumn (Book 14, Love 4 and Book 15, Love 5). Winter is not linked to the topic of love in this collection. The correlation between love and the seasons are generally applicable, but there are exceptions to the rule in each book and category when trying to assign a definite seasonal correlation to a particular stage of a love affair. On the whole, the compilers worked assiduously to correlate the various stages of love to seasonal imagery.
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Japanese Poetry is quite popular not only Japan, but all over the world. Some of the leading poets in Japan are being increasingly noticed by readers all over the world. A number of Japanese poets have received a number of international awards and recognition for their works.
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His comment on orality and performativity concerns the Japanese practice of creating poetry during group sessions, according to complex rules that governed the literary genre. It's not unlike a jazz performance, says Horton -- himself a jazz musician -- in that a group of bards would create their verse through improvisation during a performance, all the while working within the parameters of specific poetic conventions.
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