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Kanshi logo #21000[poetry] ==History== The earliest collection of kanshi was the Kaifūsō, compiled in 751. The Kaifūsō was also one of the earliest works of Japanese literature, and according to Judith Rabinovitch and Timothy Bradstock, it was a collection of occasional verse spanning from 672-751. The compiler of the Kaifūsō may have been Omi no Mifun...
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Kanshi logo #22174The act of committing suicide in remonstration to a lord or in protest; commiting suicide to get a point across.
Found on http://www.samurai-archives.com/vocab.html
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