Seasonal theme

Japanese: 季題 - きだい

A term used in renga, haikai, and haiku. A word indicating the season to be included in a hokku or haiku. Seasonal words, seasonal characters, seasonal words, seasonal words, seasonal titles, and seasonal themes are all roughly synonymous. The term seasonal theme began to be widely used after the Meiji period. The practice of including words of the season at the time of composition in the hokku of renga was gradually established from the early Kamakura period, and was established in the Muromachi period, and was also followed in haikai. The need for seasonal themes in hokku and haiku is due to the historical circumstances mentioned above, but it does not simply indicate the season, but also serves to make up for the lack of a 17-character poetic form and enrich the content of the haiku.

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Japanese:

連歌，俳諧，俳句の用語。発句，俳句に詠み入れる季節を示す言葉。季語，季詞，季の詞，四季の詞，四季の題名，季の題などもだいたい同義。季題の語が広く使われだしたのは明治以後。連歌の発句に制作時の季節の言葉を詠み込むべきことは鎌倉時代初期以来漸次定まり，室町時代に確立され，俳諧にも踏襲された。発句，俳句に季題を必要とするのは上記の歴史的事情にもよるが，単に季節を示すだけでなく，17字詩形の不足を補い，俳句の内容を豊かにする働きがある。

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