初しょ表おもて

noun

first page of a renga or renku

Technical term in renga and renku (linked verse). Refers to the opening page of a collaborative poem sequence.

See also: 連歌 · 連句

• 連れん歌がの会かいでは、まず初しょ表おもてに発ほっ句くを記きす。

  At a renga gathering, the opening verse is first written on the first page.