Basho and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary

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ISBN-10: 0804725268
ISBN-13: 9780804725262
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publish Date: 05/01/1995
Dimensions: 8.98" L, 5.99" W, 1.03" H

Basho and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary

byMakoto Ueda

Paperback

Price: $40.00

Overview

This book has a dual purpose. The first is to present in a new English translation 255 representative hokku (or haiku) poems of Matsuo Basho (1644-94), the Japanese poet who is generally considered the most influential figure in the history of the genre. The second is to make available in English a wide spectrum of Japanese critical commentary on the poems over the last three hundred years.

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"The first book in a Western language that conveys the richness, range, genius, and power of Basho's poetry. . . . A gem of a work."–Chanoyu Quarterly
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Details

ISBN-10: 0804725268
ISBN-13: 9780804725262
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publish Date: 05/01/1995
Dimensions: 8.98" L, 5.99" W, 1.03" H
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