The art of Kishōtenketsu

Kishōtenketsu is a very East Asian way of telling a story in four parts. 

• Introduction (Ki)

• Development (shō)

• Twist (ten)

• Conclusion (ketsu)

This technique was originally used in Chinese four-line poems. 

But today kishōtenketsu is used a lot in Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Taiwanese poems, jokes, movies, manga comic strips... and even video games. 

Japanese …