天てん明めい調ちょう

noun

Tenmei-era haikai style; Basho-revival haikai

A haikai (or haiku) style from the Tenmei era (1781–1789) that sought to return to the spirit of Matsuo Bashō, often associated with the Shōfū (蕉風) tradition.

See also: 天明 · 蕉風

• 天てん明めい調ちょうは蕉しょう風ふうへの回かい帰きを目め指ざした俳はい諧かいの一いっ派ぱである。

  The Tenmei style is a school of haikai that aimed to return to the Shōfū (Bashō's style).

noun

Tenmei-era comic tanka style

A style of humorous tanka (kyōka) that flourished in the Tenmei era, popularized by Ōta Nanpo and others.

See also: 狂歌

• 大おお田た南なん畝ぽによって広ひろめられた天てん明めい調ちょうの狂きょう歌かは、当とう時じの江え戸どで大だい流りゅう行こうした。

  The Tenmei-style comic tanka popularized by Ōta Nanpo became a huge fad in Edo at the time.