Gogyoshi (五行詩) is a style of Japanese poem that consists of a title and five lines. Japanese poet
Tekkan Yosano
Yosano Hiroshi (与謝野 寛; 26 February 1873 – 26 March 1935), known by his pen name was a Japanese author and poet active in late Meiji, Taishō, and early Shōwa era. His wife was fellow author Yosano Akiko. His grandson was politicia ...
published the original form of gogyoshi with specific syllable counts for each line in 1910, but few poets wrote in the style. In the 2000s, some Japanese poets began writing modern gogyoshi without syllabic restrictions, and modern gogyoshi have since been defined only by having five lines. Therefore, ''gogyoshi'' is considered the freest of Japanese poetic forms, as the poems do not have syllabic restrictions, specific line breaks, or a rhyme scheme. However, the style differs from other five-line forms, such as
tanka
is a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature.
Etymology
Originally, in the time of the influential poetry anthology (latter half of the eighth century AD), the term ''tanka'' was used to disti ...
and
gogyohka, by the titling of its poems. Mariko Sumikura used gogyoshi as an English word for the first time in 2009. In 2018, Tarō Aizu proposed World Gogyoshi, which is written in two languages, English and each mother tongue, and he has been publishing the anthology of World Gogyoshi every year.
World Gogyoshi
World Gogyoshi has seven rules by Taro Aizu.(December 25, 2019)
*1. World Gogyoshi is based on Japanese Gogyoshi and English Pentastich.
*2. World Gogyoshi has a title and the title is written in all capital letters.
*3. World Gogyoshi is written in only five lines.
*4. Each line of World Gogyoshi is written as brief as possible.
*5. World Gogyoshi is written in both English and mother tongue.
*6. The first letter of each line is written in a capital letter.
*7. The purpose of World Gogyoshi is World Friendship.
Sources
*Mariko Sumikura
Yume tsumugu hito Chikurinkan (2009), C0092
*Mariko Sumikura
Ai matou hito Chikurinkan (2010), C0092
*Mariko Sumikur
Hikari Oru Hito Chikurinkan (2010), C0092
*Mariko Sumikura
Tsuchi daku masurao Chikurinkan (2011),
*Kaoru Tanaka, Fragrant Winds, Kunpuan(2009)
*Taro Aizu, The Lovely Earth,
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(2011),
*Taro Aizu, La Terre Précieuse,
Lulu Press
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(2011),
*Taro Aizu,わが福
My Fukushima Mon Fukushima Fueisya (2014),
わが福島 = My Fukushima = Mon Fukushima Taro Aizu
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* Steve Wilkinson, Ripples on the Pond: a tanshi collection, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform(2015),
* Steve Wilkinson
The Bamboo Hut Autumn 2015: A journal of tanshi
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2015),
Atunis Galaxy Anthology – 2018
* Taro Aizu, Sigma Sathish, Niladri Mahajan, The First Anthology of World Gogyoshi 2019, Independently published (April, 2019)
*Taro Aizu, The Second Anthology Of World Gogyoshi 2020, Independently published (December, 2019)
*Taro Aizu, The Third Anthology Of World Gogyoshi 2021, Independently published (December, 2020)
*Taro Aizu, The Fourth Anthology of World Gogyoshi 2022, Poetry Planet Book Publishing House(January,2022)
*Taro Aizu, 世界五行詩集 いとしい地球よ3 World Gogyoshi The Lovely Earth 3 Yubunsya, 2022
*Taro Aizu, The Fifth Anthology of World Gogyoshi 2023, Poetry Planet Book Publishing House(December,2022)
*Taro Aizu, What's World Gogyoshi?The Guideline for World Gogyoshi, Poetry Planet Book Publishing House(September,2023)
*Taro Aizu, The Sixth Anthology of World Gogyoshi 2024, Poetry Planet Book Publishing House(July 2024)
See also
* Japanese poetry
Japanese poetry is poetry typical of Japan, or written, spoken, or chanted in the Japanese language, which includes Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese, and Modern Japanese, as well as poetry in Japan which was written in th ...
* Cinquain
Cinquain is a class of poetic forms that employ a 5-line pattern. Earlier used to describe any five-line form, it now refers to one of several forms that are defined by specific rules and guidelines.
American cinquain
The modern form, known as Am ...
* Limerick (poetry)
A limerick ( ) is a form of verse that appeared in England in the early years of the 18th century. In combination with a refrain, it forms a limerick (song), limerick song, a traditional humorous drinking song often with obscene verses. It is wri ...
References
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External links
The gogyoshi by Taro Aizu ProjectMailArtBooksGogyoshi – Short poems for Long daysGogyoshi Monthly Issue one by Steve Wilkinson - issuu
Poetic forms
Japanese poetry