Kiru and kireji
In Japanese haiku, a kireji, or cutting word, typically appears at the end of one of the verse's three phrases. A kireji fills a role analogous to that of a caesura in classical Western poetry or to a See more

From hokku to haiku
Hokku is the opening stanza of an orthodox collaborative linked poem, or renga, and of its later derivative, renku (or haikai no renga). By … See more

In France, haiku was introduced by Paul-Louis Couchoud around 1906.
In the early 20th century, Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore composed … See more

Haibun
Haibun is a combination of prose and haiku, often autobiographical or written in the form of a travel journal. Well-known examples of haibun … See more

One of the best-known Japanese haiku is Matsuo Bashō's "old pond":
古池や蛙飛び込む水の音 ふるいけやかわずとびこむみずのおと furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto
Translated:
old pond frog leaps … See more

The earliest Westerner known to have written haiku was the Dutchman Hendrik Doeff (1764–1837), who was the Dutch commissioner in the Dejima trading post in Nagasaki during the first years of the 19th century. One of his haiku is the following:
Although there … See more

Pre-Shiki period
• Arakida Moritake (1473–1549)
• Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694)
• Nozawa Bonchō (c. 1640–1714)
• Hattori Ransetsu (1654-1707) See more