Haikai Mediocre Form - The Form of a Poetic Man

Japanese: 俳諧中庸姿 - はいかいつねのすがた

A collection of haikai renku (linked verse), compiled by Takamasa. Published in 1679 (Enpo 7). Contains 11 volumes of 100-verse and kasen poems by the editor himself, who calls himself "Hikai Sohonji," and his group of poets. His eccentric haiku style, such as "A handful of straws that seem suspicious to the eye, a firefly flies/Jiro Ma Jiro Yoshi, in the shade of summer grass/A white rain eaves, a corner of the hut, without a ball" (Takamasa's solo poem), which disguises the golden mean, drew the hatred of both the Teimon and Danrin schools, and led to a debate across the entire haiku world, such as "Hikai Ha Jaku Ken Sho."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

俳諧の連句集。高政（たかまさ）編。1679年(延宝7)刊。〈誹諧惣本寺（そうほんじ）〉を名のる編者自身を含めた一派の独吟･寄合（よりあい）の百韻･歌仙全11巻を収める。中庸（ちゆうよう）を擬装した〈目にあやし麦藁（むぎわら）一把飛ぶ蛍/次郎ま次郎吉夏草の陰/白い雨軒のかど屋に玉なして〉(高政独吟)などの奇矯異体の俳風が，貞門･談林両派の憎しみを買い，《誹諧破邪顕正》など，全俳壇あげての論争を導くきっかけとなった。

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