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The tradition of the particular genre of literature called haiku as we know it today and as is still popular and alive among us as a unique form of Japanese poetry, so typical of the Japanese mind, may be said to have originated from Matsuo Bashō (1644–1695).
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The word fūga in its narrow sense is often used in the sense of the art of haiku.
The implication is that creativity, once ex-pressed, has been ex-pressed once and for all. The metaphor of ‘saliva’ used here is intended to suggest the uniqueness, irrevocablity and existential genuineness of a creative activity. The more commonly used metaphor in this sense is ‘sweat’.
Sanskritsamyak-sambodhi,meaning literally ‘real enlightenment’. A waka-poem by Denkyō Daishi (see the following note) in which this phrase appears is considered to be typically representative of the poetic mode of manly boldness and vigor. Konoe Nobutada (1565–1614) founded a school of calligraphy known for its style of boldness and vigor, and appropriately named it ‘Samyaku-in-ryū;’. Its style stands out in sharp contrast to the extremely fine and elegant mode developed by the poet-calligrapher, Tsurayuki.
Denkyō Daishi, honorary title of Saichō (767–822), the founder of the Enryakuji Temple which is the center of the Japanese Tendai school of Buddhism.
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Hattori, D. (1981). ‘The Red Booklet’. In: The Theory of Beauty in the Classical Aesthetics of Japan. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3481-3_11
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