Haiku
$39.84
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
14 August 2024
Summary
Whispers of Japan: A Pocket Guide to Haiku Masters
Haiku – seventeen-syllable poems that evoke worlds despite their brevity – have captivated Japanese readers since the seventeenth century. Today the form is practiced worldwide and has become established as part of our common global heritage. This handy pocket-sized volume presents modern English translations of classic poems by the four great masters of Japanese haiku – Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa, and Masaoka Shiki – …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781838864408 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1838864407 |
| Series: | Mini Encyclopedias |
| Author: | Hart Larrabee |
| Publisher: | Amber Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Amber Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 14 August 2024 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 167mm x 125mm x 17mm |
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About The Author
Hart Larrabee
Hart Larrabee is an American translator who lives with his family in the little town of Obuse in northern Nagano, Japan, right in the heart of Issa country. His translations of short stories by Fumio Takano and Mitsuyo Kakuta have appeared in the anthologies Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction and The Book of Tokyo: A City in Short Fiction. He also translates non-fiction, particularly in the fields of art, design, and architecture.
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