Translations and Abbreviations for Major Poetry Anthologies
| Man’yōshū 万葉集 | MYS |
Collection of a Myriad Leaves |
Imperial Anthologies (Chokusenshū 勅撰集)
| Kokin (waka) shū 古今和歌集 | KKS |
Collection of Ancient and Modern (Japanese Poetry) |
| Gosen (waka) shū 後撰和歌集 | GSS |
Later Selection (of Japanese Poetry) |
| Shūi (waka) shū 拾遺和歌集 | SIS |
Collection of Gleanings (of Japanese Poetry) |
| Goshūi (waka) shū 後拾遺和歌集 | GSIS |
Later Collection of Gleanings (of Japanese Poetry) |
| Kin’yō (waka) shū 金葉和歌集 | KYS |
Collection of Golden Leaves (of Japanese Poetry) |
| Shika (waka) shū 詞花和歌集 | SKS |
Collection of Verbal Flowers (of Japanese Poetry) |
| Senzai (waka) shū 千載和歌集 | SZS |
Collection (of Japanese Poetry) for a Thousand Years |
| Shinkokin (waka) shū 新古今和歌集 | SKKS |
New Collection of Ancient and Modern (Japanese Poetry) |
| Shinchokusen (waka) shū 新勅和歌撰集 | SCSS |
New Imperial Anthology (of Japanese Poetry) |
| Shinsenzai (waka) shū 新千載和歌集 | SSZS |
New Collection (of Japanese Poetry) for a Thousand Years |
| Shoku kokin (waka) shū 続古今和歌集 | ShKKS |
Continued Collection of Ancient and Modern (Japanese Poetry) |
| Shinshūi (waka) shū 新拾遺和歌集 | SSIS |
New Collection of Gleanings (of Japanese Poetry) |
| Shinshoku kokin (waka) shū 新続古今和歌集 | SSKKS |
New Continued Collection of Ancient and Modern (Japanese Poetry) |
Other Anthologies
| Wakan rōeishū 和漢朗詠集 | Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Recite |
| Kokin (waka) rokujō 古今和歌六帖 | Six Volumes (of Japanese Poetry) Ancient and Modern |