Interesting. What is the Asian language that is printed up and down? Is it Japanese? How would that impact the writing of a Haiku?
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Interesting. What is the Asian language that is printed up and down? Is it Japanese? How would that impact the writing of a Haiku?
Both Japanese and Chinese are printed from up to down, right to left.
However, there are many Japanese books that are like American books.
As @builderofcastles said, both Japanese and Chinese can be written vertically. Korean can too, as well as Mongolian and Manchu. There may be others but I'm far from an expert.
It doesn't really change things. All is the same, just different orientation. Newspapers are generally printed vertically, and the daily haiku with them, often in one line, the same as if it were horizontal.
Oh wow, that is cool.