world of dew

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Kobayashi Issa, one of the BIG 5 This "world of dew" device has a much earlier usage. Here is an example written by Murasaki in the early years of the 11th century. Regarded as the first novel it is The Tale Of Genji. Below we find the world of dew in use :

NOTE: In the West we call this overt referencing plagiarism, in Japan, however, it is called honkadori. Two very different cultural mind sets are serviced by these opposed terms. Murasaki ShikibuIn Japanese literature this employment of established descriptions of experience is common and quite proper. For example; Matsuo Basho's (1644 – November 28, 1694) wrote his famous frog hokku which also references prior poetic coinage :

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