Jingū-senpai-narabini-kinrai-kokugakunin-kashū (henceforth referred to as Kashū) is a poetry collection compiled by Nakagawa-Tsunetada and reprinted in another collection Seisho-shū. It consists of 1,566 poems by classical literature scholars and Shinto priests, 366 out of which are “chōka” poems. Interestingly 96 out of these 366 poems are borrowed from Yasoura-no-tama, a poetry collection edited by Motoori-Ōhira. In addition to them many other songs by Motoori are also selected; they totally account for about 60% of the whole “chōka” poems in Kashū. Obviously Nakagawa held Motoori in such high esteem that, while trying to make his original collection, eventually he couldn’t resist Motoori’s poetical influence to the extent of including a great number of his poems in it.

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『萬葉集』の防人歌「今日よりは顧みなくて醜の御楯と出で立つ我は」（巻二十・四三七六）は太平洋戦争下では、国民が天皇に命を捧げ国を護る決意を述べた歌として流布した。しかし、日中戦争の聖戦短歌では「醜の御楯」は〈銃後〉の人々が、兵士となった肉親や友人との別れを受け容れるための兵士の理想像に止まっていた。それは「顧みなくて」を〝家も身も顧慮しない〟とする久松潜一の解釈に基づいている。太平洋戦争開戦に当たり情報局次長奥村喜和男がその理想像を、〈銃後〉の人々にまで拡大して尽忠を求めたのである。

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The Edo Period State (Bakuhan System) was a feudal state based on the lord-vassal bond existing between the Shogun and Daimyos. In this system, the Tokugawa family was the acknowledged head of the warrior class, and exercised rights of national rule. However, within their own domains the Daimyos were allowed considerable "autonomy" (Jibun shioki-ken), giving the power structure of the Edo Period State a tiered, two-dimensional character. Also, besides the warrior class who held the actual power, the class of court aristocrats also continued to exist as a potentially legitimate claimant to wield real power. This situation resulted in introducing into the Edo Period State a complicated and potentially unstable element from its outset.
The Daimyo's "Rusu'i" (Edo Representative; lit. "Caretaker") were the Han officials charged with staying on a permanent basis in Edo to maintain liaison and conduct negociations with the Bakufu, as part of the Daimyo's demonstration of their loyalty to the Bakufu. These Edo Representatives were familiar with the protocol and ceremonial of the Bakufu, and remained well-informed on its interal matters, so that the Daimyo's execution of their duties to the Bakufu was completely dependent on the advice and guidance of these Representatives, and the fate of each Han hang on the ability of its Edo Representatives. However, over and above this, the Edo Representatives, because of their unique role, were in a position to determine the fate of the Bakufu's own authority. That the Kyoto Court in the late Edo Period was able to gain the power exceeding that of the Bakufu was due in large to the efforts of these Representatives.

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