National Treasures & Important Cultural Properties
of National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan

This early manuscript is an anthology of Chinese poems compiled by Fujiwara Akihira (989-1066), Honchomonzui (Japanese Models of Chinese Poems and Prose). According to its postscript, this volume was transcribed and annotated in Kangi 2 (1230) by a sramana (novice monk) named Kangen. The punctuation and reading markers in red and black ink throughout the text provide invaluable early reading instructions.