POEMS of MATSUO BASHO Ii |
|
| Author:
| Basho, Matsuo |
| Edited and Translated by:
| Opal, Anthony |
| ISBN: | 979-8-9885108-2-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2023 |
| Publisher: | Economy Press, The
|
| Book Format: | Pamphlet |
| List Price: | USD $10.00 |
Book Description:
|
Matsuo Basho is the earliest and most revered of the great haiku masters. His impact on the form remains unmatched as his thinking continues to influence artists, philosophers, and students of aesthetics. Poems of Matsuo Basho ii is a short collection of Basho's haiku, highlighting his implementation of wabi-sabi, the pursuit of simplicity - "lightness" - and the beauty of loneliness, "akin to, but deeper than, nostalgia." Falling blossoms / and birds astounded / dust on a harp. Each...
More DescriptionMatsuo Basho is the earliest and most revered of the great haiku masters. His impact on the form remains unmatched as his thinking continues to influence artists, philosophers, and students of aesthetics. Poems of Matsuo Basho ii is a short collection of Basho's haiku, highlighting his implementation of wabi-sabi, the pursuit of simplicity - "lightness" - and the beauty of loneliness, "akin to, but deeper than, nostalgia." Falling blossoms / and birds astounded / dust on a harp. Each translation is accompanied by the original Japanese text and English transliteration (romaji).