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- Plural:
- haikai
- Japanese:
- in full haikai no renga
- Key People:
- Ihara Saikaku
- Yamazaki Sōkan
haikai, a comic renga, or Japanese linked-verse form. The haikai was developed as early as the 16th century as a diversion from the composition of the more serious renga form.