renga
(ˈrɛŋgə)
Also renge, renka.
[Jap., = linked (verse).]
A form of Japanese verse established by the 15th century and consisting of a series of half-tanka, contributed by different poets in turn.
See also note s.v. haiku.
| 1877 W. G. Aston Gram. Jap. Written Lang. (ed. 2) x. 198 Renka..is where one person composes part (commonly the second part) of a tanka, the remainder being added by some one else. 1890 B. H. Chamberlain Things Japanese 272 A favourite game at these tournaments called renge, wherein one person composes the second hemistich of a verse and another person has to provide it with a first hemistich, seems to date from the eleventh century. 1911 ― Jap. Poetry iv. 159 This was termed Renga, lit. ‘linked verses’. 1968 E. Miner Introd. Jap. Court Poetry 163 Renga... A form dating from about the thirteenth century; several authors would compose a sequence, usually of a hundred sections or stanzas, alternating 5, 7, 5 syllable lines with 7, 7 syllable units, any two of which formed a complete poem. |