2 Quotes & Sayings By Japanese Poem
"Kanshi" (Japanese poem) consists of "jokugo" (poems written in classical Japanese). Jokugo is one of the three major types of literature in classical Japanese, along with "monogatari" and "shikomizue." Jokugo represent the highest form of Japanese language and literature. Jokugo consist of three major categories: waka, haiku and ji-ruri. Ji-ruri is a type of poetry consisting of a set number of syllables, usually ten. Haiku is a form of poetry in which each line has five morae. Haiku was originated from ji-ruri. Waka is a type of poetry in which each line has 5 morae
Waka was originated from ji-ruri. The following are a few famous poems included in the category: Kanshi, in parallel to poetry in general, can be classified into broad categories such as waka ("poetry"), haiku ("short poems"), and ji-ruri ("poems containing a certain number of syllables"). These can further be divided into countless subcategories according to unique features such as the structure and content. In addition, there are also numerous titles or forms that could have been called kanshi but were not given this name because they were not recognized at the time being, or because they did not have a written form yet.