Gogyōshi Explained

Gogyoshi (五行詩) is a style of Japanese poem that consists of a title and five lines. Japanese poet Tekkan Yosano published the original form of gogyoshi with specific syllable counts for each line in 1910, but few poets wrote in the style.^{[1] [2]} In the 2000s, some Japanese poets began writing modern gogyoshi without syllabic restrictions, and modern gogyoshi have since been defined only by having five lines. Therefore, gogyoshi is considered the freest of Japanese poetic forms, as the poems do not have syllabic restrictions, specific line breaks, or a rhyme scheme. However, the style differs from other five-line forms, such as tanka and gogyohka, by the titling of its poems.^[3] Mariko Sumikura used gogyoshi as an English word for the first time in 2009.^[4] In 2018, Tarō Aizu proposed World Gogyoshi,^{[5] [6]} which is written in two languages, English and each mother tongue, and he has been publishing the anthology of World Gogyoshi every year.

World Gogyoshi

World Gogyoshi has seven rules by Taro Aizu.(December 25, 2019) ^[7]

• 1. World Gogyoshi is based on Japanese Gogyoshi and English Pentastich.
• 2. World Gogyoshi has a title and the title is written in all capital letters.
• 3. World Gogyoshi is written in only five lines.
• 4. Each line of World Gogyoshi is written as brief as possible.
• 5. World Gogyoshi is written in both English and mother tongue.
• 6. The first letter of each line is written in a capital letter.
• 7. The purpose of World Gogyoshi is World Friendship.

Sources

• Mariko Sumikura, Yume tsumugu hito, Chikurinkan (2009), C0092
• Mariko Sumikura, Ai matou hito, Chikurinkan (2010), C0092
• Mariko Sumikura Hikari Oru Hito, Chikurinkan (2010), C0092
• Mariko Sumikura, Tsuchi daku masurao, Chikurinkan (2011),
• Kaoru Tanaka, Fragrant Winds, Kunpuan(2009)
• Taro Aizu, The Lovely Earth, Lulu Press(2011), ^[8]
• Taro Aizu, La Terre Précieuse, Lulu Press(2011), ^[9]
• Taro Aizu,わが福島 My Fukushima Mon Fukushima, Fueisya (2014), ^[10]
• Steve Wilkinson, Ripples on the Pond: a tanshi collection, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform(2015),
• Steve Wilkinson, The Bamboo Hut Autumn 2015: A journal of tanshi, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2015),
• Atunis Galaxy Anthology – 2018
• Taro Aizu, Sigma Sathish, Niladri Mahajan, The First Anthology of World Gogyoshi 2019, Independently published (April, 2019)
• Taro Aizu, The Second Anthology Of World Gogyoshi 2020, Independently published (December, 2019)
• Taro Aizu, The Third Anthology Of World Gogyoshi 2021, Independently published (December, 2020)
• Taro Aizu, The Fourth Anthology of World Gogyoshi 2022, Poetry Planet Book Publishing House(January,2022)
• Taro Aizu, 世界五行詩集 いとしい地球よ3 World Gogyoshi The Lovely Earth 3 Yubunsya, 2022
• Taro Aizu, The Fifth Anthology of World Gogyoshi 2023, Poetry Planet Book Publishing House(December,2022)
• Taro Aizu, What's World Gogyoshi?The Guideline for World Gogyoshi, Poetry Planet Book Publishing House(September,2023)
• Taro Aizu, The Sixth Anthology of World Gogyoshi 2024, Poetry Planet Book Publishing House(July 2024)

See also

• Japanese poetry
• Cinquain
• Limerick (poetry)

External links

• The gogyoshi by Taro Aizu ProjectMailArtBooks
• Gogyoshi – Short poems for Long days
• Gogyoshi Monthly Issue one by Steve Wilkinson - issuu

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=lgdREztqx4oC&dq=%E4%BA%94%E8%A1%8C%E8%A9%A9&pg=PA94-IA6 新版 評伝 与謝野鉄幹|与謝野寛晶子明治篇
2. http://webcatplus.nii.ac.jp/webcatplus/details/book/nbn/46093059.html 椎の一もと : 中村春二歌集
3. http://lovelyearth-taroaizu.blog.jp/archives/484251.html What is Gogyoshi?
4. http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000010232520-00 Yume tumugu hito:Sumikuramariko:Gogyoshi eigo taiyaku
5. https://www.politispress.gr/kosmos/taro-aizu-the-founder-of-the-gogyoshi-world-poetry/ Taro Aizu: The Founder of the World Gogyoshi
6. https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I032303101-00 世界五行詩集 いとしい地球よ3 会津太郎: World Gogyoshi The Lovely Earth 3 Taro Aizu
7. Book: The Second Anthology of World Gogyoshi 2020 page 4. Taro Aizu. 2019.
8. https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I023348995-00 The lovely earth : English gogyohshi Taro Aizu
9. https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I023349061-00 La terre précieuse : Gogyohshi Taro Aizu
10. https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I025397151-00 わが福島 = My Fukushima = Mon Fukushima Taro Aizu