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The 15 pages that link to Tanka, each with the reason it gives.

• WakaBroader topic: This is the waka form most commonly identified with the thirty-one-mora pattern.

• HaikuCompared with: Tanka extends the compact verse structure with two additional units.

• Kokin WakashūBroader topic: Most poems in the anthology use this compact five-line form.

• Japanese poetryBroader topic: Its added closing lines allow a shift from scene to reflection or emotion.

• Man'yōshūBroader topic: Many anthology poems use the compact form that became known as tanka.

• Masaoka ShikiRelated: Its long history gave Shiki a form to renew as well as a tradition to critique.

• Mori ŌgaiRelated: Ōgai wrote and translated poetry while participating in modern Japanese literary life.

• Fujiwara no TeikaBroader topic: This compact form is the main structure of Teika’s surviving poetry.

• Yosano AkikoNarrower topic: Akiko renewed this inherited form while retaining its compact structure.

• Ōtomo no YakamochiNarrower topic: Many poems associated with Yakamochi use this compact verse form.

• Kakinomoto no HitomaroNarrower topic: The short poems attributed to Hitomaro belong to this broader poetic tradition.

• Ōshikōchi no MitsuneBroader topic: This form provides the structure for many poems attributed to Mitsune.

• Ariwara no NarihiraBroader topic: This compact form underlies many poems attributed to Narihira.

• Nobutsuna SasakiNarrower topic: Sasaki wrote tanka and helped shape its modern literary tradition.

• Tekkan YosanoNarrower topic: Yosano’s modernizing work centered on this compact traditional verse form.