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  2. Tanka - Wikipedia

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    During the Kojiki and Nihonshoki periods the tanka retained a well defined form, but the history of the mutations of the tanka itself forms an important chapter in haiku history, [7] until the modern revival of tanka began with several poets who began to publish literary magazines, gathering their friends and disciples as contributors.

  3. Tanka in English - Wikipedia

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    In the time of the Man'yōshū (compiled after 759 AD), the term "tanka" was used to distinguish "short poems" from the longer chōka (長歌, "long poems").In the ninth and tenth centuries, however, notably with the compilation of the Kokin Wakashū, the short poem became the dominant form of poetry in Japan, and the originally general word waka (和歌, "Japanese poem") became the standard ...

  4. Cinquain - Wikipedia

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    The modern form, known as American cinquain [1] [2] is inspired by Japanese haiku and tanka [3] [4] and is akin in spirit to that of the Imagists. [5] In her 1915 collection titled Verse, published a year after her death, Adelaide Crapsey included 28 cinquains. [6] Crapsey's American Cinquain form developed in two stages.

  5. Tanaga - Wikipedia

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    "Oh be resilient you stake Should the waters be coming! I shall cower as the moss To you I shall be clinging." The above Tanaga is attributed to Friars Juan de Noceda and Pedro de Sanlucar by Vim Nadera, and quoted them as saying “Poesia muy alta en tagalo, compuesta de siete silabas, y cuatro versos, llena de metafora.” (16th century) ("Poetry is quite high in Tagalog, composed of seven ...

  6. Yosa Buson - Wikipedia

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    As models for his pupils, he singled out four of Bashō's disciples: Kikaku, Kyorai, Ransetsu, and Sodō. [9] In 1770, he assumed the haigō (俳号, haiku pen name) of Yahantei II (夜半亭 二世, "Midnight Studio"), which had been the pen name of his teacher Hajin. Buson died at the age of 68 and was buried at Konpuku-ji temple in Kyoto.

  7. Nick Joaquin - Wikipedia

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    It is a screen adaptation of Joaquin's A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino. It was translated to Filipino and written as a libretto by Rolando Tinio. The music was set by Ryan Cayabyab. Filipina filmmaker Isabel Sandoval is currently working on the film inspired by the sensibilities of Nick Joaquin's 1972 short story collection, Tropical Gothic.

  8. Kigo - Wikipedia

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    (An international haiku saijiki with over 1,000 haiku from poets in 50 countries covering 680 seasonal topics) —— (1996). The Haiku Seasons: Poetry of the Natural World. Berkeley: Kodansha. ISBN 4770016298. (a companion book to Haiku World discussing the development of haiku, and the importance of the seasons and kigo to haiku) Ueda, Makoto ...

  9. List of Filipino inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    The most common shape of the putuhán or steamer used in making puto is round, rangingfrom 30 to 60 centimetres (12 to 24 in) in diameter and between 2 and 5 centimetres (0.79 and 1.97 in) deep. These steamers are rings made of either soldered sheet metal built around a perforated pan, or of thin strips of bent bamboo enclosing a flat basket of ...