haiku collection; collection of haiku poems
Refers to a published book or anthology of haiku poems. The term is specific to haiku; for other types of poetry, different words are used (e.g., 歌集 for tanka).
He published his first collection of haiku.
This haiku collection contains works from all four seasons.
He spent ten years compiling a collection of haiku.
She published her first haiku collection.
I read a haiku collection by Matsuo Basho.
句集 is a published collection of haiku, while 歌集 is a collection of tanka poems, so the two are easily confused despite covering different poetic forms.
句集 refers specifically to a haiku anthology, whereas 詩集 is a general term for a poetry collection not limited to any one form.
counter for books; counter for volumes · volume; book
Compound of 句 (ku, 'phrase, haiku') and 集 (shū, 'collection'). The reading くしゅう follows standard on'yomi.