This study considers the mechanism of the
haiku innovation in the
Meiji era. In the innovation,
haiku was positioned as modern literature. This analysis is based on
neocybernetics, i.e., constructivist systems theory; more concretely, fundamental informatics is employed as a theoretical framework.
Haiku poets,
haiku-societies,
haiku mass media and other systems are regarded as
hierarchical autonomous communication systems or
HACS. As a result of analyses, the
haiku innovation is understood as processes of various systems' co-evolution and birth, against a backdrop of the social change in the late 19
th century Japan. In the analysis, relationships between systems are also considered in detail.
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