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This paper analyzes Waka and its literary review of poetry of ‘Shasekishu’, which is one of the representative folktale books of medieval Japan’s Buddhism and identify the Buddhist literature acceptance style at that time. Through Waka analysis, it examines the aspect of Buddhist thought in the literary review of poetry of Muju, which is literally accepted and expressed. Muju has selected popular Waka which could convey profound Buddhist thoughts, And also he has paid attention to pick a suitable Waka in order to explain Buddhist doctrine. The literary review of the poetry, which explains Waka, also embodies the spirit of literature based on Buddhist thought. The literary review of the poetry focuses on explaining the human emotion of transience, anguish and obsession, sorrow and separation as Buddhist thought. In Waka, which is based on nature, it explains Buddhist philosophy of transience of life by using materials that make us feel the transcendent world. Like nature, huamn life is in vain so human –being should be aware of weakness of emiton and desire. Anguish and obsession are also obstacle of maintaing peace in mind. It should be eliminated from our thoughts by reading Waka often. By reciting Waka, we could reach some religious enlightenment and spiritual uplifting. The pain and suffering caused by separation and death is an important theme of Waka like other literay works because of its extreme sorrow. Waka cautions excessive immersion of grief. By objectifying emotions, the balance of the mind could be maintained. Muju has struggled to develop literary acts that recite Waka as a knowledge of the value of religious practice. In conclusion, Muju took a way to explain the profound philosophy of Buddhism through Waka's universal material in order to expand and fortify the realm of Buddhism.