Shiki Memorial Museum
Encyclopedia
The Matsuyama City is a museum devoted mainly to the life and work of Japanese writer Masaoka Shiki
, who was born and raised in Matsuyama.
Shiki is widely considered to be the most important figure in the modernization of the Japanese
haiku
and tanka
poetry. The museum also includes exhibits about the early history of Matsuyama.
Masaoka Shiki
, pen-name of Masaoka Noboru , was a Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan. Shiki is regarded as a major figure in the development of modern haiku poetry...
, who was born and raised in Matsuyama.
Shiki is widely considered to be the most important figure in the modernization of the Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
haiku
Haiku
' , plural haiku, is a very short form of Japanese poetry typically characterised by three qualities:* The essence of haiku is "cutting"...
and tanka
Tanka
Tanka may refer to:* Tanka, a form of Japanese waka * Tanka prose, a literary genre which combines tanka poems and prose* Thangka, a pictorial representation in Tibetan Buddhism...
poetry. The museum also includes exhibits about the early history of Matsuyama.