Haibun
Haibun ( Japanese 俳 文 for comic narration ) is a lyrical hybrid form of Japanese literature . The Haibun is a concise sketch, permeated with subjective impressions, in which a haiku is usually embedded towards the end , which has a pointed character, making the description lively and entertaining.
The Haibun is traditionally a chapter of a literary travel diary , like Matsuo Bashō's Oku no Hosomichi ( On Narrow Paths in Oku ) from 1689. In this, 43 Haibun form a complete narrative thread and consequently realize 43 illustrations of his journey from Yedo to the northwestern provinces and back Ise.
According to Bashō's literary theory , a successful Haibun must meet the following criteria:
- It must not be an intellectually constructed work of art, but must arise out of the spontaneous experience;
- it must have a closed overall concept and yet it must not be conclusive;
- it must have a concise and simple style;
- The use of allusions to the mental images of famous poets, scholars, monks, etc. from the past are considered an essential stylistic device;
- all art-theoretical demands that determine the content of a haiku , such as reverberation, realism, being and transience, "loneliness" etc.
In recent times, Haibun have often appeared as an independent form, especially in the Anglophone area.
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- The literatures of the East in individual representations . Volume X: History of Japanese Literature by Karl Florenz . CF Amelangs Verlag, Leipzig 1909, pp. 464-466.
Web links
- Historical development and background
- The Hut of the Phantom dwelling by Matsuo Bashō ( Memento from December 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (in English)
- The Oku no Hosomichi by Matsuo Bashō (in English)
- Contemporary Haibun Poetry (in English)