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renga|ˈrɛŋgə| Also renge, renka. [Jap., = linked (verse).] A form of Japanese verse established by the 15th century and consisting of a series of half-tanka, contributed by different poets in turn. See also note s.v. haiku.
1877W. G. Aston Gram. Jap. Written Lang. (ed. 2) x. 198 Renka..is where one person composes part (commonly the second part) of a tanka, the remainder being added by some one else. 1890B. H. Chamberlain Things Japanese 272 A favourite game at these tournaments called renge, wherein one person composes the second hemistich of a verse and another person has to provide it with a first hemistich, seems to date from the eleventh century. 1911― Jap. Poetry iv. 159 This was termed Renga, lit. ‘linked verses’. 1968E. Miner Introd. Jap. Court Poetry 163 Renga... A form dating from about the thirteenth century; several authors would compose a sequence, usually of a hundred sections or stanzas, alternating 5, 7, 5 syllable lines with 7, 7 syllable units, any two of which formed a complete poem. |