What is "kanshi"

is a Japanese term for Chinese poetry in general as well as the Japanese poetry written in Chinese by Japanese poets. It literally means " Han poetry". Kanshi was the most popular form of poetry during the early Heian period in Japan among Japanese aristocrats and proliferated until the modern period.

Kanshi may refer to:

• Kanshi (poetry) (漢詩), Chinese poetry written by Japanese
• Kanshi (town) (坎市镇), town in Yongding County, Fujian, China
• Kanshi, India, town in Mureet, Uttar Pradesh, India

Kanshi (, also Kunshih), formerly known as Tai-ping , is a town in southwestern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Yongding County.