Publisher's Synopsis
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. 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.
Taro Aizu, a remarkable poet, and Editor, the creator of the Anthology "World Gogyoshi" since 2018, continues his work with great passion and has just published the "THE 4th ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD GOGYOSHI", which is another new literary production, a new era into the world of culture, creativity, poetry, that leave his footprints all over the world. His mission is to spread the message of World Gogyoshi is a poetry created for the defense of hope, faith in life, respect, love for human beings, and respect to the nature, the opposition to violence and war for the harmonious coexistence of peoples. The Japanese Poet, Taro Aizu, through his anthologies, sets up his own channel of communication using his omnivorous expanded senses with us, as he promotes not only his country and its poetry but also his dreams, his knowledge and his love to the old tradition and the possibilities to create and marry several techniques as poetry and painting.
