Haikai Renga

Entertainment / Literature / Haikai Renga: Another term for renku. See discussion under renku and renga.
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Haikai

Entertainment / Literature / Haikai: Another term for haikai renga or renku. See discussion under renku and renga. MORE

Renga

Entertainment / Literature / Renga: Japanese linked verse--a poetic dialogue formed by a succession of waka in which poets take turns composing the poem as a party-game. The rules for the games were supposedly laid down in 1186 CE by Fu MORE

Haikai Renga

Entertainment / Literature / Haikai Renga: Another term for renku. See discussion under renku and renga. MORE

Renku

Entertainment / Literature / Renku: An earthier, humorous variant on the courtly renga introduced by Iio Sogi, Yamazzaki Sokan, and Nishiyama Soin. While the form of the renku are identical to the renga, the subject-matter, tone, and vo MORE

Haiku

Entertainment / Literature / Haiku: (pluralhaiku, from archaic Japanese): The term haiku is a fairly late addition to Japanese poetry. The poet Shiki coined the term in the nineteenth century from a longer, more traditional phrase, haik MORE