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Plural:
haikai
Japanese:
in full haikai no renga
Key People:
Ihara Saikaku
Yamazaki Sōkan
Related Topics:
renga
haigon

haikai, a comic renga, or Japanese linked-verse form. The haikai was developed as early as the 16th century as a diversion from the composition of the more serious renga form.