1201 in poetry

Events

• Japanese former Emperor Go-Toba orders the preparation of Shin Kokin Wakashū the eighth Japanese imperial waka poetry anthology. Its name apparently aimed to show the relation and counterpart to Kokin Wakashū, ordered in by former Emperor Go-Toba, compiled by Fujiwara no Teika, Fujiwara Ariie, Fujiwara Ietaka, the priest Jakuren, Minamoto Michitomo, and Asukai Masatsune

Births

• Richard de Fournival, a Trouvère
• Theobald I of Navarre, Count of Champagne, a Trouvère

Deaths

• Shikishi Naishinnō, Japanese poet