Japanese Haiku

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Cover of the book Japanese Haiku by Basho, Buson, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
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Author: Basho, Buson ISBN: 9781441312976
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press, Inc. Publication: December 14, 2012
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Basho, Buson
ISBN: 9781441312976
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
Publication: December 14, 2012
Imprint:
Language: English
Step into a series of dazzling, funny, melancholy, and joyous moments with this collection of haiku masterworks. Beloved translator Peter Beilensons goal was twofold: to craft a book of haiku accessible to anyone, and to render his best guess at what the poets would have written in English. His translations preserve the sublime spirit of each verse, conjuring vivid visual and emotional impressions in spare words.Haiku icon Basho is represented amply here, as are imagery-virtuoso Buson and wry, warm, painfully human Issa. The verses of Shiki, Joso, Kyorai, Kikaku, Chora, Gyodai, Kakei, Izen, and others also appear, all illuminated by lovely woodblock prints. Ranging from exquisite (In the sea surf edge/Mingling with the bright small shells…/Bush-clover petals Basho) to bittersweet (Dead my fine hopes/And dry my dreaming, but still…/Iris, blue each spring Shushiki) to silly (Dim the grey cow comes/Mooing, mooing, and mooing/Out of the morning mist Issa), this collection will stir your senses and your heart.
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Step into a series of dazzling, funny, melancholy, and joyous moments with this collection of haiku masterworks. Beloved translator Peter Beilensons goal was twofold: to craft a book of haiku accessible to anyone, and to render his best guess at what the poets would have written in English. His translations preserve the sublime spirit of each verse, conjuring vivid visual and emotional impressions in spare words.Haiku icon Basho is represented amply here, as are imagery-virtuoso Buson and wry, warm, painfully human Issa. The verses of Shiki, Joso, Kyorai, Kikaku, Chora, Gyodai, Kakei, Izen, and others also appear, all illuminated by lovely woodblock prints. Ranging from exquisite (In the sea surf edge/Mingling with the bright small shells…/Bush-clover petals Basho) to bittersweet (Dead my fine hopes/And dry my dreaming, but still…/Iris, blue each spring Shushiki) to silly (Dim the grey cow comes/Mooing, mooing, and mooing/Out of the morning mist Issa), this collection will stir your senses and your heart.

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