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The text is three volumes in length. It begins with a preface by Nakao Ō. The main text contains 148 poems composed by 28 authors, including poems from an 814

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delegation. However, only 143 poems still exist as the final five have since been lost. While ''Ryōunshū'' ordered its poems by author, ''Bunka Shūreishū'' orders its poems by subject matter: Volume 1 *Sights (遊覧) *Banquets (宴集) *Partings (餞別) *Exchanges (贈答) Volume 2 *Historical (詠史) *Reminiscence (述懐) *Love (艶情) *

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(楽府) *Buddhist (梵門) *Laments (哀傷) Volume 3 *Miscellaneous (雑詠)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bunka Shureishu Late Old Japanese texts Heian period in literature Japanese poetry collections Kanshi (poetry) 9th-century Japanese books

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