Kyoshi

Kyōshi

... Mostly written by low-ranking samurai and chōnin (townspeople), the form is closely related to kyōka (comic waka), and to kyōbun, a form of prose writing which also uses only Chinese characters ... Ōta Nampo is the most well-known of kyōshi poets the form was very popular for a short time, but declined quickly and disappeared after the turn of the 19th century. ...