page_title: Kigo
hierarchical_section_title: Kigo
caption_attribution_description: English: Cherry tree blossoms from Japan around the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC.
context_page_description: Kigo is a word or phrase associated with a particular season, used in traditional forms of Japanese poetry. Kigo are used in the collaborative linked-verse forms renga and renku, as well as in haiku, to indicate the season referred to in the stanza. They are valuable in providing economy of expression.
context_section_description: Kigo (季語, "season word") is a word or phrase associated with a particular season, used in traditional forms of Japanese poetry. Kigo are used in the collaborative linked-verse forms renga and renku, as well as in haiku, to indicate the season referred to in the stanza. They are valuable in providing economy of expression.
caption: Cherry blossoms (sakura), often simply called blossoms (hana) are a common spring kigo.
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