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Japanese: 前句付 - まえくづけ

〘Noun〙① In renga and haikai, the act of attaching various upper verses (long verses) to the previous verse of a certain lower verse (short verse). There are also cases where a short verse is attached to the previous verse of a long verse. ② A form of zappai. An independent combination of only two verses. A points-scoring competition in which participants attach a verse (usually a long verse in 5-7-5) to a given previous verse (usually a short verse in 7-7). The master who set the verses selected the collected verses and published the verses with the highest scores. It became popular among common people from the Manji era ( 1658-61 ), and later gave rise to various forms such as kamuri-zuke (crown-attached) , kutsuzuki (foot-attached) , and senryu-kyoku.

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 連歌・俳諧で、ある下の句（短句）の前句に対して、いろいろ上の句（長句）の付句を試みること。また、逆に長句の前句に短句の付句をつける場合もある。② 雑俳の形式の一つ。二句だけの付合が独立したもの。出題された前句（多くは七・七の短句）に付句（多くは五・七・五の長句）を付ける点取競技。出題した宗匠が、集まった句を撰してその高点句を刊行した。万治年間（一六五八‐六一）から庶民の間に流行し、のち冠付(かむりづけ)、沓付(くつづけ)、川柳狂句などの諸形式を生んだ。

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