Haikai (Japanese 俳諧 comic, unorthodox) is a poetic genre that includes a number of forms which embrace the aesthetics of haikai no renga, and what Bashō referred to as the "poetic spirit" (fūga), including haiku, renku (haikai no renga), haibun, haiga and senryū (though not orthodox renga, tanka or waka). "Haikai" is sometimes used as an abbreviation for "haikai no renga". Bashō and haikai Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694) is one of the most famous poets of the Edo… (More on Haikai)