Tentori Haikai - Tentori Haikai

Japanese: 点取俳諧 - てんとりはいかい

Haiku is a form of poetry in which poets compete to get the most points by asking a judge to grade their poems. As Basho wrote in "Third-class essays" (written in 1695 to Kyokusui) that "I spend day and night trying to get points, running around without seeing the path to victory," quick recitation and quick scoring was in vogue. Kikaku stamped the mark "Half-faced beauty" on humorous haiku poems that got high marks, encouraging a competition to get points. It was especially popular in Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Kyoho period (1716-36), when the ranks were determined by calculating the points of all the participants (renju) based on a hundred verses, and prizes were also offered for the occasion.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

点者に句の採点を請うて，点の多さを競う俳諧。芭蕉も《三等の文》(元禄5年曲水宛書簡)で〈点取に昼夜をつくし，勝負に道を見ずして走りまはる〉と言っているように，即吟即点が流行していた。其角は〈半面美人〉の点印を洒落風俳諧の高点句に印し，点取り競争をあおった。とくに享保期(1716‐36)の江戸，京都，大坂で流行し，百韻を中心に連衆（れんじゆ）の点を計算して順位を定め，景品もそえるなどして時好に投じた。

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