Japanese poetic form that is made up of 5 lines with a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable count. Haiku derives from tanka.

(short poem) A lyric poem with the typical form five-seven-five-seven-seven onji (see ji-amari). In many ways equivalent to the sonnet in the West, the tanka was the primary genre of Japanese poetry from Manyoshu times through about the fourteenth century, and still flourishes. Now also called waka or uta.

a form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables

A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.

The Boat people or Tanka ( (vermin families), corruption: 蛋家 (egg families); sometimes 艇家 (lit. boat households) or ); 水上人 (lit. people living on water); 曲蹄 (BUC: Kuóh-dà̤, lit. deformed feet); is an ethnic group in China that has traditionally lived on junks in coastal parts of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Hainan provinces, as well as Hong Kong and Macau. Though many now live onshore, some members of the older generations still live on their narrow boats and pursue their traditional livelihood of fishing. Originally the Tanka were a non-Chinese ethnic group and were classified by the Qing government as "mean".

a Tibetan religious painting on fabric

a Tibetian form of religious art

embroidered or painted, elaborately colored wall hanging. Usually tankas depict scenes from the life of the deities. They are magnificently ornate and rich with symbolism.

a mood piece, usually about love, seasons, sadness, or how short life is