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The six most well known Waka poets (六歌仙 Rokkasen)
were selected poets of
Waka in the early
Heian period. They were:
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Henjo
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Ariwara no Narihira
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Hun'ya no Yasuhide
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Kisen
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Ono no komachi
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Otomo no Kuronushi
The six Waka poets derived from the anthology of poems
Kokin Wakashu (905), where
Ki no Tsurayuki, one of compilers, referred to them as "famous poets
in the near past" in the preface. He did not give high acclaim or the
title "immortals of waka" (kasen) to them, however. That title was given
later.
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