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The 29 pages that link to Waka, each with the reason it gives.

• Heian periodRelated: Waka served as a central medium of court communication and literary skill.

• HaikuRelated: Waka established compact verse patterns that later Japanese poets adapted.

• Murasaki ShikibuRelated: Waka appears throughout Murasaki’s writing as communication, emotional expression, and social skill.

• YūgenRelated: Waka’s brevity and allusive conventions give yūgen room to emerge through suggestion.

• Heian literatureRelated: Waka was central to courtly exchange and appears throughout diaries and narrative tales.

• Meisho-eRelated: Waka supplied many of the literary associations attached to celebrated places.

• AmanohashidateRelated: Poets used Amanohashidate’s bridge-like shape as an image in classical verse.