“Haikai values the use of common language yet departing from the common. To depart from the common while still using the common: the method of departure from the common is most difficult.”

Original: 俳諧は俗語を用ひて俗を離るるを尚ぶ。俗を離れて俗を用ゆ。離俗の法最もかたし。 — Buson’s core principle of rizoku captures the paradox of elevating everyday speech into refined art without abandoning the ordinary. · Preface to Shōha’s Haiku Collection (Shundei kushū), 1777 (Japanese)

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