Haikai Mondo

Japanese: 俳諧問答 - はいかいもんどう

A treatise on haiku. Starting with the letter sent by Kyorai to Kikaku in leap February, 1697 (Genroku 10), this is a collection of letters exchanged between Kiyoriku and Kyorai over the following year. It consists of "A Letter from Jinshi Kikaku," "A Letter from Rakushisha Kyorai," "Answering the Difficult Questions of Kyoko," "Presenting Professor Rakushisha Again," "A Treatise on Self-Praise of Haiku," "A Treatise on Self-Realization of Inventions," and "Review of Fellow Students." Kyorai's argument is centered on the theory of "unchanging and popular," while Kyorai's is centered on the theory of "bloodline," making this a treatise on haiku in the style of Sho. It was published in 1785 (Tenmei 5) by Kokosha Yoshimaro as "Haikai Mondo Aonega Mine," and reprinted in 1800 (Kansei 12) under the title "Haikai Mondo."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

俳諧論書。元禄10年(1697)閏2月付で去来が其角（きかく）に送った書状を皮切りに，翌年にかけて許六（きよりく）と去来の間で交わされた往復書簡を集めたもの。〈贈晋氏其角書〉〈贈落柿舎去来書〉〈答許子問難弁〉〈再呈落柿舎先生〉〈俳諧自讃之論〉〈自得発明弁〉〈同門評判〉から成る。去来は“不易流行”論，許六は“血脈”説を前面に打ち出して論をたたかわせており，蕉風俳論書として第一級の価値をもつ。1785年(天明5)，浩々舎芳麿により《俳諧問答青根が峰》として出版され，1800年(寛政12)《俳諧問答》の題で再版された。

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