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Basho: The Complete Haiku
Matsuo Basho
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Description for Basho: The Complete Haiku
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Tsujimura, Shiro. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 772.
Basho stands today as Japans 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, 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 work. In Basho: The Complete Haiku, she accomplishes the feat with distinction.
Basho stands today as Japans 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, 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 work. In Basho: The Complete Haiku, she accomplishes the feat with distinction.
Product Details
Publisher
Kodansha USA
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
764 g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781568365374
SKU
V9781568365374
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Ref
99-1
About Matsuo Basho
JANE REICHHOLD is one of the top poets in the American haiku world. She has written over twenty books, most of them on haiku or poetry, including Writing and Enjoying Haiku: A Hands-on Guide. Three of her books have received awards from the Haiku Society of America, and she has twice won the Literature Award from the Museum of Haiku ... Read more
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