The sedoka is rarely seen today.
You need to go back to a time before most poetic forms were even considered, no one knows when the sedoka first came into being, its style is Chinese based yet was popular as the common poetic form in Japan at the dawn of Japanese litreture by the time the sedoka was going out of fashion the first Japanese poems where being written down (though still using Chinese characters) and the waka / tanka was starting to become the foremost form / style used. These evolved from the sedoka, the sedoka's lines 3 & 4 blended into one to become the kakekotobe (pivot/bridge) to smooth out the juxtaposition of the two images. That was over 1300 years ago, ( Euroupe's population was halfed by plagues and Beowulf was written for the first time ) that long ago.
The structure is made up of two Katauta ( 5-7-7 onji) the first will show a scene the second will usually show the same scene but from a different angle/ perspective or in later versions it would show a responce to the first or a reaction, much like the tanka which replaced it.
As the sedoka ( and its sister form the Mondo) were a spoken form very few classical piece remain today other than the few collected in the Man'yoshu.
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on the snow covered bridge others leave their footprints23 lines, 21 comments, on Nov 11 7:56 AM 2005. In Sedoka
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12 lines, 12 comments, on Dec 30 9:01 AM 2003. In Sedoka
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returning home from the Autumn landscape24 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 10 8:05 AM 2005. In Sedoka
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early twilightthe gentle river's soundpasses the picnic blanketshe noisily suckseach pink tipped finger17 lines, 6 comments, on Sep 7 8:00 AM 2005. In Sedoka
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7 lines, 28 comments, on Jan 12 1:08 PM 2004. In Sedoka
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"When I am grown up,
I shall climb the mountain."12 lines, 12 comments, on Jan 19 8:35 AM 2004. In Sedoka -
11 lines, 10 comments, on Feb 13 6:43 AM 2004. In Sedoka
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13 lines, 11 comments, on Feb 27 7:59 PM 2004. In Sedoka
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12 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 13 6:52 AM 2004. In Mondo
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How many trickles,
have passed through this river bend,12 lines, 20 comments, on Dec 27 11:22 AM 2003. In Mondo -
spring evening
between the primrose18 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 13 4:23 PM 2004. In Sedoka -
with the loss of my favourite tree
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at day-break the dog watches each bee19 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 3 11:52 AM 2004. In Sedoka
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19 lines, 7 comments, on Nov 17 8:28 AM 2004. In Sedoka
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How many trickles,
have passed through this river bend,12 lines, 20 comments, on Dec 27 11:22 AM 2003. In Mondo -
12 lines, 12 comments, on Dec 30 9:01 AM 2003. In Sedoka
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7 lines, 28 comments, on Jan 12 1:08 PM 2004. In Sedoka
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"When I am grown up,
I shall climb the mountain."12 lines, 12 comments, on Jan 19 8:35 AM 2004. In Sedoka -
11 lines, 10 comments, on Feb 13 6:43 AM 2004. In Sedoka
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13 lines, 11 comments, on Feb 27 7:59 PM 2004. In Sedoka
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12 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 13 6:52 AM 2004. In Mondo
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spring evening
between the primrose18 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 13 4:23 PM 2004. In Sedoka -
with the loss of my favourite tree
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at day-break the dog watches each bee19 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 3 11:52 AM 2004. In Sedoka
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19 lines, 7 comments, on Nov 17 8:28 AM 2004. In Sedoka
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early twilightthe gentle river's soundpasses the picnic blanketshe noisily suckseach pink tipped finger17 lines, 6 comments, on Sep 7 8:00 AM 2005. In Sedoka
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returning home from the Autumn landscape24 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 10 8:05 AM 2005. In Sedoka
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on the snow covered bridge others leave their footprints23 lines, 21 comments, on Nov 11 7:56 AM 2005. In Sedoka
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beneath Autumn skies
I thought I was all alone17 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 10 7:15 PM 2007. In Sedoka
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