tanka1.
(Of thejap. )( tanka, ofso, short, and ka, song).
1. f. Japanese poem short, composed of five verses, alteratively the first and the third, and heptasyllables remaining.
tanka2.
1. f. made painting on canvas, generally framed by embroidered fabrics, representing mo
tive of Tibetan Buddhism. U t. c. m.
