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▪ I. ‖ tanka2|ˈtæŋkə|
Also Tanka.
[Jap., f. tan short + ka song.]
A form of Japanese verse which consists of thirty-one syllables, the first and third lines containing five and the other three lines seven syllables.
1877W. G. Aston Gram. Jap. Written Lang. (ed. 2) x. 197 Tanka..or mijika-uta, i.e. ‘short poetry’, so-called to distinguish it from naga-uta or ‘long poetry’, is by far the commonest Japanese metre. 1899― Jap Lit. i. ii. 29 The Tanka is the most universal and characteristic of the various forms of poetry in Japan. 1923Jun Fujita (title) Tanka; poems in exile. 1940W. de la Mare Pleasures & Speculations 201 A Japanese tanka..on the prolification on the exquisite little cups of the lichen. 1968Encycl. Brit. XII. 886/1 From the raw material of Chinese poetry came the exquisite haiku and tanka forms. 1982PN Rev. No. 26. 60/1, I do not think that haiku and tanka are translatable... Fortunately, there is a great deal more to Japanese poetry than tanka and haiku.
▪ II. ‖ tanka3|ˈtæŋkə|
Also thang-ka, thanka, etc.
[a. Tibetan t‘áṅ-ka, t‘áṅ-ga image, painting.]
A Tibetan religious (scroll-)painting on woven material, hung as a banner in temples and carried in processions.
1925G. Roerich Tibetan Paintings 17 The most characteristic production of Tibetan pictorial art is the so-called thaṅ-ka, a word which is commonly interpreted as ‘banner’. 1928‘Ganpat’ Magic Ladakh vii. 129 From the beams of the flat ceiling depend painted banners of silk—the gift of various donors. These tankas, as they are called, are often very beautiful. 1939M. Pallis Peaks & Lamas i. vi. 68 We were also shown a scroll-painting of the type found universally in Tibet, and called a t'hanka. 1952A. K. Gordon Tibetan Relig. Art 15 Thang-kas are paintings or, occasionally, embroidered pictures, usually called ‘banners’. They..are hung in the temples and at family altars in homes... They portray a deity..or scenes from the life of Buddha. 1969R. Farre Beckoning Land xx. 242 Thankas are similar to Chinese scroll paintings but the Tibetan ones are always on some religious theme. 1979Financial Times 7 July 2/2 The imposing Potala Palace is uninhabited with its thousands of priceless gold Buddha statues, rare ‘tankas’, innumerable Buddhist scrolls and scrips.
▪ III. tanka
var. tanga1, East Indian coin. |