renga
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of renga
1875–80; < Japanese < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese lián link + gē song
Example Sentences
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When France instituted lockdown rules at the start of the pandemic, Hacker and Naïr — both Paris residents — preserved a sense of community by writing a renga to capture the ordinary and ominous days.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2021
Among the itinerants travelling a long distance may be counted the professional literati also, the experts in the art of composing the renga, the short Japanese poems.
From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Hara, Katsuro
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