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Kakizome (書き初め, literally "first writing") is a Japanese term for the first calligraphy written at the beginning of a year, traditionally on January 2. Other terms include kissho (吉書), shihitsu (試筆) and hatsusuzuri (初硯). Traditionally, kakizome was performed using ink rubbed with the first water drawn from the well on New ...
This is a list of kigo, which are words or phrases that are associated with a particular season in Japanese poetry.They provide an economy of expression that is especially valuable in the very short haiku, as well as the longer linked-verse forms renku and renga, to indicate the season referenced in the poem or stanza.
The Fifth Season—Poems to Re-Create the World: In Praise of Olde Haiku: New Year Ku; Books 1 & 2. Paraverse Press. ISBN 978-0-9742618-9-8. —— (2005). Kiyose (Seasonword Guide). From Here Press. ISBN 978-0-89120-041-3. (24 pp. A pocket kiyose listing over 700 Japanese kigo in English, ordered by season and category)
The standard collection of poems used is the Hyakunin Isshu, chosen by poet Fujiwara no Teika in the Heian period, which is often also used as the name of the game. Since early 20th century the game is played mostly on Japanese New Year holidays. [1]
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 ...
Articles containing Japanese poems (1 C, 45 P) B. Japanese poetry books (2 C) F. Japanese poetic forms (1 C, 5 P) H. Haiku (4 C, 18 P) I. ... Pages in category ...
The New Year traditions are also a part of Japanese poetry, including haiku (poems with 17 syllables, in three lines of five, seven and five) and renga (linked poetry). All of the traditions above would be appropriate to include in haiku as kigo (season words).
Kadomatsu (門松) decorative pillars for Japanese New Year, featuring branches of pine, bamboo and plum. The Three Friends are known as shōchikubai (松竹梅, lit. ' pine-bamboo-plum ') in Japan. [11] They are particularly associated with the start of the New Year, appearing on greeting cards and as a design stamped into seasonal sweets. [12]