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...
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Haiku (section From hokku to haiku)
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...
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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...
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Kireji (section In English haiku and hokku)
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...
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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...
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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...
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Japanese poetry (section Hokku)
"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...
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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