Triparshva

A trilateral pattern for renku

Norman Darlington

 

Side 1 - jo - preface
hokku au au mn sp sp bl su wi
wakiku au au sp sp su wi
daisan ns au ns sp ns ns
4 short ns ns ns ns ns ns
5 long suwi mn suwi suwi mn suwi mn spwi mn spsu mn
6 short ns ns ns ns spns spns
Side 2 - ha - development and intensification
7 long ns ns ns ns ns ns
8 short ns ns ns ns ns ns
9 long wisu ns wisu wisu nssp nssp
10 short wisu lv wisu wisu lv wisu lv wisp lv susp lv
11 long ns lv wisu mn ns lv ns lv ns lv ns lv
12 short ns lv ns lv ns lv ns lv ns lv ns lv
13 long ns lv ns lv ns lv ns ns lv ns lv
14 short au au lv au au au au
15 long au mn au au mn au mn au mn au mn
16 short au ns au au au au
Side 3 - kyu - finale
17 long ns ns ns ns ns ns
18 short suwi suwi suwi suwi wi su
19 long ns ns ns ns ns ns
20 short sp sp sp ns sp sp
21 long sp bl sp bl sp bl sp sp bl sp bl
ageku sp sp sp sp sp sp

 

Notes

The Triparshva respects the jo-ha-kyu movement typical of the Kasen. It divides formally into three sides or movements. There are two seasons per side. Seasons do not straddle the side/movement boundaries.

Moon and blossom appear in association with their traditional season - autumn and spring respectively. Moon also appears a second time in association with winter, summer or spring.

A group of three or four love verses appear en bloc in the central region of the second side. The first of these should be call-for-love (koi no yobidashi) and the last end-of-love (koi banare).

Not all possible seasonal positions are shown above. There is particular flexibility in the early part of ha where the seasonal positions shown may be anticipated or delayed - subject to the conventions that differing seasons should be separated by at least one non-season verse, and that groups of seasonal verses pull up or spill en bloc.

suwi - whichever season appears in jo the other will appear in ha, reverting in kyu.
spwi - for a sequence begun in summer jo will contain a pair of spring verses or a single winter verse. Where spring is selected in jo winter will appear in ha, and vice versa.
spsu - for a sequence begun in winter jo will contain a pair of spring verses or a single summer verse. Where spring is selected in jo summer will appear in ha, and vice versa.
ns - non season position.
bl - blossom position.
mn - moon position.
lv - love position (approximate).

 


 

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