Basho The Complete Haiku |
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| Author:
| Basho, Matsuo
Reichhold, Jane |
| Introduction by:
| Reichhold, Jane |
| Illustrator:
| Tsujimura, Shiro |
| ISBN: | 978-4-7700-3063-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2008 |
| Publisher: | Kodansha America, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Basho stands today as Japans most renowned writer, and one of the most revered. Yet despite his stature, Bashos complete haiku have not been collected into a single volume. Until now. To render the writers full body of work into English, Jane Reichhold, an American haiku poet and translator, dedicated over ten years of study. In Basho: The Complete Haiku, she accomplishes the feat with distinction. Dividing his creative output into seven periods of development, Reichhold...
More DescriptionBasho stands today as Japans most renowned writer, and one of the most revered. Yet despite his stature, Bashos complete haiku have not been collected into a single volume. Until now.
To render the writers full body of work into English, Jane Reichhold, an American haiku poet and translator, dedicated over ten years of study. In Basho: The Complete Haiku, she accomplishes the feat with distinction. Dividing his creative output into seven periods of development, Reichhold frames each period with a decisive biographical sketch of the poets travels, creative influences and personal triumphs and defeats. Scrupulously annotated notes accompany each poem; and a glossary and three indexes fill out the volume. Original sumi-e ink drawings by artist Shiro Tsujimura complement the haiku throughout the book.