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- senryu
Senryu, a Japanese poem structurally similar to the haiku but primarily concerned with human nature. It is usually humorous or satiric. Used loosely, the term means a poem similar to the haiku...
- Masaoka Shiki
Masaoka Shiki, 1867–1902, Japanese waka and haiku poet. Founder of the literary magazine Hototogisu and patron to a number of young poets, Shiki played a leading role in the revival of the tra...
- Basho
Basho (Matsuo Basho), 1644–94, Japanese poet, critic, and essayist of the early Edo period. His literary name, Basho, is derived from the plantain trees [basho] near a hut built for him by a d...
- Crapsey, Adelaide
Crapsey, Adelaide, 1878–1914, American poet, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Vassar, 1901; daughter of Algernon Sidney Crapsey. After teaching in girls' schools she became an instructor at Smith Coll...
- Japanese literature
Japanese literature, literary works produced in the language of the islands of Japan.See also Asian drama. Although Japanese and Chinese are different languages, the Japanese borrowed and adap...
