Classic Haiku : the greatest Japanese poetry from Bashō, Buson, Issa, Shiki and their followers /
Classic Haiku : the greatest Japanese poetry from Bashō, Buson, Issa, Shiki and their followers /
edited and introduced by Tom Lowenstein ; photographs by John Cleare.
- 176 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
First published: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (page 174) and index.
The Haiku -- Bashō -- Seasonal interlude: Winter -- Spring -- Summer -- Autumn -- Buson -- Issa -- Shiki.
Classic Haiku contains a selection of about two hundred haiku by the four most celebrated haiku poets of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The texts presented will not be original translations, but versions arrived at through comparative use of literal and literary translations and of commentaries allowing for accessibility for the modern reader. The introduction offers background information about the poets in the anthology, and gives an account of the nature of haiku and its development in relation to Japanese poetic tradition.
9781627950480 1627950486
Haiku.
Japanese poetry.
First published: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (page 174) and index.
The Haiku -- Bashō -- Seasonal interlude: Winter -- Spring -- Summer -- Autumn -- Buson -- Issa -- Shiki.
Classic Haiku contains a selection of about two hundred haiku by the four most celebrated haiku poets of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The texts presented will not be original translations, but versions arrived at through comparative use of literal and literary translations and of commentaries allowing for accessibility for the modern reader. The introduction offers background information about the poets in the anthology, and gives an account of the nature of haiku and its development in relation to Japanese poetic tradition.
9781627950480 1627950486
Haiku.
Japanese poetry.