The Hyakunin Isshu are an anthology of one hundred poems found in a trational Japanese card game called Karuta. Presented by the person who selected the writings, Fujiwara no Teika, this is a glimpse into the origin of some of them. Since the majority of them are love compositions, the focus remains on romance in ancient Japan.
Episode 1
Takaiko and narihira: the honorable ariwara no narihira / yukihira and hiroko: the councilor yukihira
Sadaakira and yasuko: emperor yozei
Munesada and yoshiko: the monk henjo
Yasuhide and narihira: funya no yasuhide
Eastward: ono no komachi
Uta hen+
Yoshitaka and the daughter of minamoto no yasumitsu: fujiwara no yoshitaka
Mount suenomatsu: kiyohara no motosuke / sanekata and nagiko: the honorable fuji
Shonagon and yukinari: sei shonagon
Nakoso falls: shonagon kinto
Kaoriko and fujiko: lady murasaki
Michimasa and masako: minister of left kyoto michimasa / midnight moon: the former emperor sanjo
Teika and noriko: princess shokushi gon chunagon teika
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