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The importance of the hokku lay in its function of establishing the setting for the rest of the passages. The hokku accomplished this by using kigo, or kidai, words and activities that stood as specific seasonal markers. Towards the 19th century, the work of Masaoka Shiki officially separated the hokku from the tanka and gave birth to the independent poetic form of haiku.

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