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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Utamakura is a rhetorical concept in Japanese poetry.Utamakura serve as a significant tool to achieve yugen (mystery and depth) in Japanese poetry by adding profundity and indirect beauty in poems. Also, it can be used as a source for identifying significant figures and places in ancient Japan. Utamakura enables poets to express ideas and themes concisely and thus allowing them to stay within the confines of strict waka structures.Some scholars see the use of geographical allusion as the evidence for a restricted scope of poetry writing. Although the poets' true meaning was true because the essence was initially pre-established, the poems were written within fixed topics (dai). The poet could inhabit a subjective position or persona and write about the topic, but not necessarily about his/her personal feelings. Utamakura could have suppressed poets' individuality or creativity.

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