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In this paper, we present a method for discovering of historical transition in aesthetic notions of waka poetry over by using changes in co-occurrence words. The structure and the words used in waka poetry change as time passes. By analyzing the chronological changes in the structures and words of waka poetry, we can clarify the historical changes in the aesthetic notions of Japanese people. In this paper, we focus on the three major anthologies of Japanese poetry, Manyoshu, Kokin Wakashu and Shin Kokin Wakashu, and on Kago, which is the central elements in Japanese poetry. Kago is a word and expression often used in Japanese poetry. In our method, we derive differences in the frequency of occurrence of Kago categorized according to their meanings in each collection and extract important co-occurrences of Kago as context words. By our method, we clarify the differences in the context words of Kago and show the historical transition of aesthetic notions.
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Ikegami, A., Okada, R., Nakanishi, T. (2022). The Discovery of Historical Transition in Aesthetic Notions Through Changes in Co-occurrence Words Mainly Used in Waka Poetry in Three Major Poetry Anthologies. In: Lee, R. (eds) Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing. SNPD 2021. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 1012. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92317-4_12
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