hokku
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Origin of hokku
First recorded in 1895–1900; from Japanese, from hok “departure, start” (akin to Cantonese faat, Korean bal, Mandarin fā ) + ku “phrase, stanza” (akin to Cantonese geoi, Korean gu, Mandarin jù )
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During a life of extreme and voluntary self-denial and wandering, Bashō contrived to obtain over a thousand disciples, and to found a school of hokku writing which has persisted down to the present day.
From Japanese Prints by Dorothy Pulis Lathrop
The most famous hokku that Bashō wrote, might be literally translated thus: "An old pond And the sound of a frog leaping Into the water."
From Japanese Prints by Dorothy Pulis Lathrop
A Lafcadio Hearn may write delightfully about that special seventeen syllable form of Japanese verse known as the hokku.
From A Study of Poetry by Bliss Perry
It must always be understood that there is an implied continuation to every Japanese hokku.
From Japanese Prints by Dorothy Pulis Lathrop
Here is a hokku by Basho, one of the most skilled composers in that form.
From A Study of Poetry by Bliss Perry
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