菅家万葉集

Japanese

Kanji in this term
菅	家	万	葉	集
かん Jinmeiyō	け Grade: 2	まん Grade: 2	よう Grade: 3	しゅう Grade: 3
kan’yōon	goon	kan’yōon	on’yomi	kan’on

Alternative spelling
菅家萬葉集 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 菅家(かんけ) (Kanke, nickname of Sugawara no Michizane, its purported compiler) + 万葉集(まんようしゅう) (Man'yōshū, oldest anthology of poems compiled in c. 759 CE).

Proper noun

菅(かん)家(け)万(まん)葉(よう)集(しゅう) • (Kanke Man'yōshū) ^{←くわんけまんえふしふ (kwankeman'efusifu)?}

1. Synonym of 新撰万葉集 (Shinsen Man'yōshū): a 私撰和歌集 (shisen wakashū, “privately-compiled waka anthology”) in two volumes in which the poems are completely written in 万葉仮名 (man'yōgana)