Editing Haiku (section)

==Examples==
One of the best-known Japanese haiku<ref>Higginson, William J. The Haiku Handbook, Kodansha International, 1985, {{ISBN|4-7700-1430-9}}, p.9</ref> is [[Matsuo Bashō]]'s "old pond":

{{poemquote|
{{Nihongo2|古池や蛙飛び込む水の音}}
    {{nihongo2|ふるいけやかわずとびこむみずのおと}}
        ''furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto''
}}

Translated:<ref>[http://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passages/basho-frog.htm Translated by William J. Higginson in Matsuo Bashō: Frog Haiku (Thirty Translations and One Commentary)], including commentary from Robert Aitken's ''A Zen Wave: Bashô's Haiku and Zen'' (revised ed., Shoemaker & Hoard, 2003)</ref>

{{poemquote|
old pond
frog leaps in
water's sound
}}

This separates into ''on'' as:

{{poemquote|
fu-ru-i-ke ya (5)
ka-wa-zu to-bi-ko-mu (7)
mi-zu-no-o-to (5)
}}

Another haiku by Bashō:

{{poemquote|
{{Nihongo2|初しぐれ猿も小蓑をほしげ也}}
    {{nihongo2|はつしぐれさるもこみのをほしげなり}}
        ''hatsu shigure saru mo komino o hoshige nari''<ref>[http://www.ict.ne.jp/~basho/works/winter/04.html ''Works of Basho, Winter''] on Iga and Basho ict.ne.jp website.</ref>
}}

Translated:

{{poemquote|
the first cold shower
even the monkey seems to want
a little coat of straw
}}

As another example, this haiku by Bashō illustrates that he was not always constrained to a 5-7-5 ''on'' pattern. It contains 18 ''on'' in the pattern 6-7-5 ("ō" or {{nihongo2|おう}} is treated as two ''on'').

{{poemquote|
{{Nihongo2|富士の風や扇にのせて江戸土産}}
    {{nihongo2|ふじのかぜやおうぎにのせてえどみやげ}}
        ''Fuji no kaze ya ōgi ni nosete Edo miyage''<ref>[http://www.ict.ne.jp/~basho/works/summer/03.html ''Works of Basho, Summer''] on Iga and Basho ict.ne.jp website.</ref>
}}

Translated:

{{poemquote|
the wind of [[Mount Fuji|Fuji]]
I've brought on my fan
a gift from [[Edo (Tokyo)|Edo]]
}}

This separates into ''on'' as:

{{poemquote|
fu-ji no ka-ze ya (6)
o-u-gi ni no-se-te (7)
e-do mi-ya-ge (5)
}}

This haiku example was written by [[Kobayashi Issa]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://haikuguy.com/issa/search.php?keywords=gallons&year=1813 |title=Issa archive |publisher=Haikuguy.com |access-date=2012-01-06}}</ref>

{{poemquote|
{{Nihongo2|江戸の雨何石呑んだ時鳥}}
    {{nihongo2|えどのあめなんごくのんだほととぎす}}
        ''Edo no ame nan goku nonda hototogisu''
}}

Translated:

{{poemquote|
of Edo's rain
how many mouthful did you drink,
cuckoo?
}}

This separates into ''on'' as,

{{poemquote|
e-do no a-me (5)
na-n go-ku no-n-da (7)
ho-to-to-gi-su (5)
}}