Junicho
A "twelve tone" pattern for renku
Shunjin and Seijo Okamoto
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are no formal divisions in the Junicho |
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| hokku | au | au mn | sp | sp fl | su | wi mn |
| wakiku | au | au | sp | sp | nssu | nswi |
| daisan | ns | ns | ns lv | ns | ns | ns |
| 4 short | ns | ns lv | ns lv | wisu | ns | ns lv |
| 5 long | suwi mn | ns lv | wisu | ns | spau mn | ns lv |
| 6 short | ns | suwi | ns | ns lv | spau | ausp |
| 7 long | ns lv | ns | ns | ns lv | ns lv | ausp |
| 8 short | sp lv | ns | au | au mn | wi lv | ns |
| 9 long | sp | wisu | au fl | au | ns | su fl |
| 10 short | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| 11 long | ns | sp fl | ns | suwi | ausp fl | spau |
| ageku | wisu fl | sp | suwi mn | ns | ausp | spau |
Notes |
The Junicho is extremely flexible. This schema is illustrative only; many more variants are possible. The poem typically has a two spring verses, two autumn verses, one winter and one summer verse. The autumn verses are always grouped as a pair, spring likewise. Moon and flower each appear once. They may appear in association with any season, but not in association with a non-season verse. Flower may be any type of bloom; it is not restricted to blossom. A grouped pair of love verses appear somewhere in the middle of the poem. suwi
- whichever season is selected first the alternate season must be selected
later. |