*Some art and poems— our strokes on paper
And walks among green mountains and sea,
On weekends of a friend visiting, time tapers,
Simple riches, words over ales, wine and tea.*
Aug 19, 2014
Aug 19, 2014 at 6:52 PM UTC
*Some art and poems— our strokes on paper
And walks among green mountains and sea,
On weekends of a friend visiting, time tapers,
Simple riches, words over ales, wine and tea.*
Kanshi had multiple forms, but most notable were in 5 or 7 syllables in 4 or 8 lines. The Japanese poets of kanshi were skilled in the strict rhyming rules of lüshi 律詩 and jueju 絕句, the two forms of the regulated verse that had gained most popularity during the Tang dynasty in China.
