Haiga
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Traditional Japanese haiga involved brush artwork (sumi-e) coupled with a haiku poem done in brush calligraphy (Shodo). Like the haiku poem, the focus of haiga is in simplicity of expression.
Modern haiga can also consist of photo-haiku (haiku accompanying a photographic image), and all modern forms of art coupled with haiku, including digital images. Traditional haiga is also still practiced.
Just as the haiku form often contains a juxtaposition between two of its lines and a third line, haiga can also contain a juxtaposition between the haiku itself and the art work. In short, the art work does not necessarily directly represent the images presented in the haiku.
