Imperial Letter / Wakan Rōi-shu (Anthology of Japanese and Chinese Verses for Recitation)

By Emperor Go-Fushimi

Kamakura Period (14C)

Emperor Go-Fushimi (1288-1336) was the first prince of Emperor Fushimi and the ninety-third Emperor. This volume was bequeathed by Emperor Go-Fushimi as a copy of the Wakan Rōi-shu, a poetry anthology compiled by the mid-Heian period (794 – 1185) poet Fujiwara Kintō.