Basho: The Complete Haiku
$56.42
- Hardcover
432 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2017
Summary
Basho stands today as Japan’s most renowned writer, and one of the most revered. Wherever Japanese literature, poetry or Zen are studied, his oeuvre carries weight. Every new student of haiku quickly learns that Basho was the greatest of the Old Japanese Masters.
Yet despite his stature, Basho’s complete haiku have not been collected into a single volume. Until now.
To render the writer’s full body of work into English, Jane Reichhold, an American haiku poet and translator, de…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781568365374 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1568365373 |
| Author: | Matsuo Basho, Jane Reichhold, Shiro Tsujimura |
| Publisher: | Kodansha America, Inc |
| Imprint: | Kodansha America, Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 758g |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 162mm x 233mm |
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Matsuo Basho
Jane Reichhold
Jane Reichhold is a prominent figure in American haiku poetry. She is the author of over twenty books, many focusing on haiku and poetry, including Writing and Enjoying Haiku: A Hands-on Guide. Her work has been recognized with awards from the Haiku Society of America, and she has also received the Literature Award from the Museum of Haiku in Tokyo on two occasions.
Shiro Tsujimura
Shiro Tsujimura is an esteemed Japanese artist and potter whose work is displayed in international museums. His distinctive art is featured on the cover and within the Kodansha International edition of Basho’s renowned work, A Haiku Journey.
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