Kishōtenketsu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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A specific example by the poet Sanyō Rai (頼山陽):

  1. Introduction (ki): Daughters of Itoya, in the Honmachi of Osaka.
  2. Development (shō): The elder daughter is sixteen and the younger one is fourteen.
  3. Twist (ten): Throughout history, generals (daimyo) killed the enemy with bows and arrows.
  4. Ketsu (結?): The daughters of Itoya kill with their eyes.