Related Searches
Definitions
senryu
Nearby Words
senryu

senryu
senryu, a Japanese poem structurally similar to the haiku but primarily concerned with human nature. It is usually humorous or satiric. Used loosely, the term means a poem similar to the haiku that does not meet the criteria for haiku.
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia Copyright © 2004.
Licensed from Columbia University Press
Senryu
See Senryū
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia © 2001-2006 Wikipedia contributors (Disclaimer)
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Last updated on Tuesday June 28, 2005 at 05:25:10 PDT (GMT -0700)
View this article at Wikipedia.org - Edit this article at Wikipedia.org - Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation

Related Articles
Light Verse from the Floating World: An Anthology of Premodern Japanese Senryu.(Review)
Dec 01, 2000; UEDA, MAKOTO. Compiler, Translator. Light Verse from the Floating World: An Anthology of Premodern Japanese Senryu. New York:...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
Haiku Shows Its Human Face in Senryu and Nudes
Aug 27, 2008; ART/WORDS Like copywriters, haiku poets know how to pack a punch with a few words. Marc Awodey, Burlington artist/poet and art...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
13 Senryu
Jan 01, 1998; seed of every crime is in our dreams to blossom water well with blood revenge is fertile look how only one such act brings one...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
"The blessing of living in a country where there are senryu!" humor in the response to Aum Shinrikyo.
Apr 01, 2002; CONSIDERABLE EFFORT has been devoted, quite naturally, to attempting to explain the rise of Aum Shinrikyo [CHINESE CHARACTERS NOT...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
Beat of Taiko Drumming to visit Banning
Nov 09, 2006; The sounds of intense rhythmic beats will resonate through West Hays Street as Taiko Drumming comes to Banning. Taiko is Japanese...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
HighBeam Research, Inc. © Copyright 2009.

Search another word or see senryuon Dictionary | Thesaurus |Spanish
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT