Nijuin
A twenty verse pattern for renku
Meiga Higashi
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Side
1 - jo - preface |
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| hokku | au mn | au | sp [bl] | sp | su | wi |
| wakiku | au | au [mn] | sp [bl] | sp | su | wi |
| daisan | au | au [mn] | sp | ns | ns | ns |
| 4 short | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns |
Side
2 - ha part one - development |
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| 5 long | ns | ns | wisu mn | wisu mn | au mn | au mn |
| 6 short | ns lv | ns lv | wisu lv | wisu | au | au |
| 7 long | ns lv | ns lv | ns lv | ns lv | au lv | au lv |
| 8 short | ns | ns lv | ns | ns lv | ns lv | ns lv |
| 9 long | suwi | suwi | ns | ns lv | ns | ns |
| 10 short | suwi | suwi | ns | ns | ns | ns |
Side
3 - ha part two - intensification |
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| 11 long | ns | ns | suwi | suwi | wi | su |
| 12 short | ns | ns | suwi | suwi | wi mn | su mn |
| 13 long | ns lv | ns | ns lv | ns | ns | ns |
| 14 short | wisu lv | wisu | au lv | au | ns | ns |
| 15 long | wisu mn | wisu mn | au mn | au mn | ns | ns |
| 16 short | ns | ns | au | au | ns | ns |
Side
4 - kyu - finale |
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| 17 long | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| 18 short | sp | sp | ns | sp | sp | sp |
| 19 long | sp bl | sp bl | sp | sp bl | sp bl | sp bl |
| ageku | sp | sp | sp | sp | sp | sp |
Notes |
The Nijuin adopts the jo-ha-kyu dynamic found in the Kasen. It divides formally into four sides. The poem typically has three spring, three autumn, two winter and two summer verses. Seasons do not straddle the side/folio boundaries. Love normally appears somewhere in the middle of each part of ha. Typically each appearance of love comprises a grouped pair. Alternatively a longer group including call-for-love (koi no yobidashi) and end-of-love (koi banare) may feature on a single side of ha only. wisu
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adjacent pairs must have the same season - whichever
pair is selected first the alternate pair must be selected second. |