Japanese poets
Eastern verse masters
Japanese poets are writers of poetry from Japan or working in Japanese literary traditions.
The term often evokes classical forms like haiku and tanka, with figures such as Matsuo Bashō and Yosa Buson, though it encompasses contemporary poets as well: The anthology featured Japanese poets from the Heian period to the present.
- wakaMāori boat or verse form
- kanjiChinese symbols in Japanese
- seasonsYear's four divisions
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- haikuJapanese seventeen-syllable verse
frog pond · Zen Buddhism · tea ceremony · ephemerality · floating world · senryu · Muromachi period · autumn moon · impermanence · love · Shintoism · contemporary era · tanka · cherry blossoms · spirituality · solitude · nostalgia · beauty
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Writers of verse from America
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