撓しおり

noun

poetic empathy; spiritual interpenetration between poet and nature in haiku

A specialized haiku term referring to the deep, intuitive connection where the poet's spirit merges with the natural subject, creating a moment of shared essence. Rare outside literary criticism.

• 芭ば蕉しょうの句くには、自し然ぜんとの深ふかいしおりが感かんじられる。

  In Bashō's haiku, one can feel a deep interpenetration of spirit with nature.

• この俳はい句くのしおりは、作さく者しゃが花はなと一いっ体たいになった瞬しゅん間かんを捉とらえている。

  The shiori of this haiku captures the moment when the poet became one with the flower.