Kyōshi

For the martial art title of the same name, see Japanese honorifics.

Kyōshi (狂詩) is a form of Japanese poetry using Chinese characters which was popular around 1770-1800. Kyōshi avoids typical poetic forms, and often includes humorous expressions and puns on alternate readings or meanings of the same characters.

Mostly written by low-ranking samurai and chōnin (townspeople), the form is closely related to kyōka (comic waka), and to kyōbun, a form of prose writing which also uses only Chinese characters.

Ōta Nampo is the most well-known of kyōshi poets; the form was very popular for a short time, but declined quickly and disappeared after the turn of the 19th century.

References

Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia." Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.

Japanese poetry

Major forms	haikai kanshi waka haiku hokku renga renku senryū tanka

Poetry works and collections	List of Japanese poetry anthologies Kaifūsō Man'yōshū Nijūichidaishū Kai Ōi

Individuals and groups of Japanese poets	Japanese poets (category list)

Individual poems	Articles with poems

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