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蕉風 (しょうふう, shoufuu) Japanese meaning: Bashō style | Kotomora
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Related words 俳はい 諧かい 俳諧 is the broader genre of comic linked verse from which haiku developed, while 蕉風 specifically denotes the style of Bashō within that tradition.
さび さび is a key aesthetic concept in Bashō's poetry, often translated as 'elegant simplicity' or 'lonely beauty', and is central to 蕉風.
Etymology From 蕉 (shō, 'banana plant', referring to Bashō's pen name) and 風 (fū, 'style'). The term directly references Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉), whose pen name means 'banana plant'.
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Shōfū is the haikai style established by Matsuo Bashō.
This haiku well represents the characteristics of the Bashō style.
