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haiku

17-syllable Japanese verse genre, usually divided into three lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Japanese poet Bashō popularized the form in the 17th century. It evolved from the 31-syllable tanka form dominant from the 8th century.

Traditionally haiku contain a word or expression relating the poem to a particular season; for example, ‘the moon’ refers to autumn, ‘the hazy moon’ to spring. Within each season, haiku are subclassified by topic: weather, fields and mountains; temples and shrines; human affairs; birds and other animals; trees and flowers. The stress on simplicity and intuitive perception came to haiku from Zen Buddhism. The two greatest haiku poets after Bashō were Yosa Buson (1716–1783) and Kobayashi Issa (1763–1827).



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