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This is a wiki created by J. Christopher Kern, Visiting Assistant Professor at Auburn University.
The purpose of the wiki is a collection of research notes and translations. Anyone is welcome to view or use them (with credit), although the content is non-peer reviewed and often in a draft state.
The following projects are currently located here:
1. An annotated translation of the Gosen wakashu (後撰和歌集), the second imperially sponsored collection of waka, compiled in the late 10th century.
2. An annotated version of the Kokin wakashu (古今和歌集), the first Imperially sponsored collection. Unlike the Gosenshu translation, this one is oriented towards reading the original text, and contains copious annotation from pre-modern commentaries and other sources.
The long-term goal of this wiki is to have translations of the first three poetry collections (the 三代集) with indexes of author, vocabulary, and places.
Here are a few other things that aren't full projects but I am tinkering with every so often (links just here so the pages aren't orphaned):
E-mail any comments or questions to chriskern99@gmail.com