During the Edo period Haikairenga reached its zenith, and Saikaku IHARA and Basho MATSUO appeared from the Kyoto-Osaka area; however, renga had become obsolete.
江戸時代には俳諧連歌が隆盛となり、上方から井原西鶴、松尾芭蕉らを輩出したが、連歌自体は廃れた。