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Tanka

noun
1.
A form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables.
2.
A Tibetan religious painting on fabric.





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"Tanka" Quotes from Famous Books



... always lighted where they could warm themselves, and rest until they had driven away the pains of fatigue, and recovered strength to pursue their journey. After many moons of weary travel, they arrived at the habitation of the Waktan Tanka, or Great Spirit. It was situated in the middle of a flowery vale, watered by cool and refreshing streams, and shaded by groves of larch and cypress. Many villages of the dead were scattered over it; here one, and there one, like single buffaloes feeding on a prairie. Akkeewaisee ...
— Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3) • James Athearn Jones


Words linked to "Tanka" :   picture, poem, verse form, painting


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