Haiku is one of the most important form of traditional japanese poetry. Haiku is, today, a 17-syllable verse form consisting of three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. Since early days, there has been confusion between the three related terms Haiku, Hokku and Haikai.

Yosa Buson and His Followers: Haiku & Painting _ I E ^ m { n @Hiroo Saga Articles on Buson The following articles have been written by Hiroo Saga in Japanese. He is now preparing English versions. For further details email saga@nime.ac.jp Here is a Guestbook, if you like. Buson in his younger days in Kanto (1993), Nakadachi, No. 14 Poetry as an open space for lightening of Being ...