Because the collection contains no poems from the last decade of Saigyō's life, 1180–90, he is thought to have closed it c.1180, and circulated it thereafter.
[3] Where much court poetry of the time was convoluted, the Sankashū is known for its directness of utterance.
[4] His early translator, Hei-Hachuro Honda, valorised Saigyō's poems of solitude over those that were involved in more communal activities.
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