Yakko Haikai

Japanese: 奴俳諧 - やっこはいかい

〘Noun〙 A haiku poem written in the yakko language that was popular in Edo in the early modern period. It appears in documents already in the Jo-o period (1652-55 ), and while many are works by Edo haiku poets, there are also works by Tachiho in Kyoto. The most famous is "Eiri Seijuro Tsuizen Yatsuko Haikakai," compiled by Katoku and printed by Sadaoki, published in 1667. *Hyaku Monogatari (1659), Vol. 1 "When I heard that people were crying, saying yakko haikakai"

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Japanese:

〘名〙近世初期、江戸で流行した奴詞(やっこことば)を用いて作られた俳諧。承応期（一六五二‐五五）にすでに文献に見え、江戸俳人の作が多いが、京の立圃のものなどもある。寛文七年（一六六七）に刊行された可徳編、定興判の「ゑ入清十郎ついぜんやつこはいかい」が著名。※咄本・百物語（1659）上「やっこはいかいとて人のしけるを聞しに」

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