The chokusen wakashū (勅撰和歌集), also shortened to chokusenshū (勅撰集), were imperially-commissioned Japanese anthologies of waka poetry.
[1] The second is the Shin'yō Wakashū, a so-called quasi-chokusenshū (準勅撰和歌集, jun-chokusen-wakashū), which was compiled at the end of the 14th century at the Southern Court.
[1] The Shin-Kokin Wakashū has an unusual history that after being inspected and approved, later changes were made personally by the commissioner.
[1] The last four chokusenshū were compiled during a period of decline for the imperial house, and were instead commissioned and completed under the auspices of the Ashikaga shōguns.
[1] Ashikaga Yoshimasa ordered a further collection, which Asukai Masachika (飛鳥井雅親) began compiling, but the work was abandoned during the Ōnin War.