A Copy of the Preface to the Kokin Wakashu Written by Fujiwara No Shunzei Has Been Identified, but Was Lost After the War: Asahi Shimbun

A copy of the preface to the first imperially commissioned waka anthology, Kokin Wakashu, written by Fujiwara no Shunzei (1114-1204), a poet of the Heian and Kamakura periods, was discovered at Tenri Library, attached to Tenri University (Tenri City, Nara Prefecture). The Kokinshu is...