Both a puppy lost in the rain and a newly divorced man might have kaori. The quality in writing that Basho encouraged, especially in his later years. Here it meant the beauty of ordinary things spoken of in a simple way. This was the end of puns and word play which was so dear to the hearts of renga writers. Kikaku, his most brilliant student, left him at this point, feeling that karumi lacked challenge and sparkle.
People still argue about the concept three hundred years later.
Meaning the 36 immortal poets of Japan until Basho took the phrase and concept to shorten the hyakuin . Kasen is now a term for the 36-verse renga written in the traditional style with moon and flower verses. A condition that designates a season by agreement among poets which makes the full moon a sign of autumn. As this path is full of potholes and debates, there are dictionaries called saijiki which are devoted to the sport and explain little with many words. There are winter bird and summer plants, spring activities and winter skies, fall trees and summer holidays and the list goes on and on.