Hokku (発句, lit. "starting verse") is the opening stanza of a Japanese orthodox collaborative linked poem, renga, or of its later derivative, renku (haikai...

poetry called renga. These haiku written as an opening stanza were known as hokku and over time they began to be written as stand-alone poems. Haiku was given...

his hokku, he himself believed his best work lay in leading and participating in renku. As he himself said, "Many of my followers can write hokku as well...

It is regarded as a requirement in traditional haiku, as well as in the hokku, or opening verse, of both classical renga and its derivative renku (haikai...

The first stanza of the renga chain, the hokku, is the forebear of the modern haiku. The stand-alone hokku was renamed haiku in the Meiji period by the...

giving a brief outline of his own English hokku efforts and ending with the exhortation, "Pray, you try Japanese Hokku, my American poets! You say far too much...

"honored guest" composing a few beginning lines, often in the form of the hokku (which, as a stand-alone piece, eventually evolved into the haiku). This...

Arts Festival in 2003. Bashō's hokku, or opening verse, of the 36-verse poem: Norstein animated the opening stanza (hokku) as the special guest (kyaku)...

Preface by Takarai Kikaku Hokku Book 1: Winter (94 hokku) Book 2: Summer (94 hokku) Book 3: Autumn (76 hokku) Book 4: Spring (118 hokku) Book 5: Kasen Hatsushigure...

haiku are more serious. Like haiku, senryū originated as an opening part (hokku) of a larger Japanese poem called renga. Unlike haiku, senryū do not include...