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  Classic Haiku: The Greatest Japanese Poetry from Basho, Buson, Issa, Shiki, and Their Followers (Eternal Moments) (Hardback) Edited by Tom Lowenstein, By (photographer) John Cleare

  

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  Short Description for Classic HaikuPoetry aficionados will appreciate this beautifully designed and illustrated collection of 200 haiku by the four most celebrated Japanese poets of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries: Basho, Buson, Issa, and Shiki, who modernized the form and coined the very term "haiku." Enhancing their work are four seasonally-themed groups of verse, many written by Basho's students and associates. The translatio...
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  • Publisher: DUNCAN BAIRD
  • Published: 01 November 2007
  • Format: Hardback 176 pages
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  • Categories: Poetry By Individual Poets | Poetry Anthologies (various Poets)
  • ISBN 13: 9781844834860 ISBN 10: 1844834867
  • Sales rank: 162,825

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Full description for Classic Haiku

• Poetry aficionados will appreciate this beautifully designed and illustrated collection of 200 haiku by the four most celebrated Japanese poets of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries: Basho, Buson, Issa, and Shiki, who modernized the form and coined the very term "haiku." Enhancing their work are four seasonally-themed groups of verse, many written by Basho's students and associates. The translation is thoroughly readable and contemporary, and the images evocative. An enlightening introduction offers biographical information on the featured poets, background on the nature of haiku and its development within the Japanese poetic tradition, and a short account of the Buddhist practice to which most of the writers were connected.