Haiku

The haiku (俳句) derived of haikai, is a short poem of three lines of five, seven and five syllables respectively. It is a form of traditional Japanese poetry most widespread.

Origin

When the script china came to Japan, around the eighth century AD, full splendor of the Tang dynasty, already had more than 20 centuries of history. At that time Japan came out of prehistory and began production of its rich literature. China classical poetry had a great influence on Japanese literature and style of Chinese poets was much imitated. The direct origins the Haiku are in haikai. He haikai is a poetic form marked, because their content is usually based on the comical and funny. As time passed, the haikai was associated with another style of poetic composition called Renga, forming a derivative of Regan, the Haikai-no-Renga. The Haikai-no-Renga was a succession of poems Haikai, keeping its style.