Jokotoba

, literally meaning "preface word", is a figure of speech found in Japanese waka (poetry). ^[1]

5 relations: Kakekotoba, Makurakotoba, Man'yōshū, The Tales of Ise, Waka (poetry).

Kakekotoba

A or pivot word is a rhetorical device used in the Japanese poetic form waka.

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Makurakotoba

, literally pillow words, are figures of speech used in Japanese waka poetry, where epithets are used in association with certain words.

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Man'yōshū

The is the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry, compiled sometime after AD 759 during the Nara period.

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The Tales of Ise

is a Japanese uta monogatari, or collection of waka poems and associated narratives, dating from the Heian period.

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Waka (poetry)

is a type of poetry in classical Japanese literature.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jokotoba

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