Poetry

===Haiku===
{{Main|Haiku}}
Haiku is a popular form of unrhymed Japanese poetry, which evolved in the 17th century from the ''[[hokku]]'', or opening verse of a [[renku]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Corn|1997|p=117}}</ref> Generally written in a single vertical line, the haiku contains three sections totalling 17 ''on'' ([[Mora (linguistics)|morae]]), structured in a 5–7–5 pattern. Traditionally, haiku contain a [[kireji]], or cutting word, usually placed at the end of one of the poem's three sections, and a [[kigo]], or season-word.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Haiku moment: an anthology of contemporary North American haiku |publisher=Charles E. Tuttle Co |year=1993 |isbn=978-0-8048-1820-9 |editor-last=Ross |editor-first=Bruce |page=xiii}}</ref> The most famous exponent of the haiku was [[Matsuo Bashō]] (1644–1694). An example of his writing:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldhaikureview.org/5-1/whcj/basho_fuji.htm |title=Basho's Haiku on the theme of Mt. Fuji |last=Yanagibori |first=Etsuko |website=The personal notebook of Etsuko Yanagibori |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070528144552/http://www.worldhaikureview.org/5-1/whcj/basho_fuji.htm |archive-date=28 May 2007}}</ref>

:{{nihongo2|富士の風や扇にのせて江戸土産}}
:fuji no kaze ya oogi ni nosete Edo miyage
:the wind of Mt. Fuji
:I've brought on my fan!
:a gift from Edo