Work of Matsuo Basho or Masaoka Shiki (5)

I believe the answer is:

haiku

(Other definitions for haiku that I've seen before include "Japanese three-line verse form" , "Pithy lines" , "Short Japanese poem" , "Japanese 3-line poem of 17 syllables" , "Epigrammatic verse" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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