Poetry aficionados will appreciate this beautifully designed and illustrated collection of 200 haiku by the four most celebrated Japanese poets of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries: Basho, Buson, Issa, and Shiki, who modernized the form and coined the very term haiku. Enhancing their work are four seasonally-themed groups of verse, many written by Basho’s students and associates. The translation is thoroughly readable and contemporary, and the images evocative. An enlightening introduction offers biographical information on the featured poets, background on the nature of haiku and its development within the Japanese poetic tradition, and a short account of the Buddhist practice to which most of the writers were connected.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Peaceful essence of haiku,
By Ann Lin (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Classic Haiku: The Greatest Japanese Poetry from Basho, Buson, Issa, Shiki, and Their Followers (Eternal Moments) (Hardcover)
The book comprises two parts: first is the intrduction of the four most celebrated haiku masters: Basho, Buson, Issa and shiki and second part is the representative works by each haiku poet plus many ohters. The introduction is illuminating and informative and the translation and the selection of haiku is among the best. The entire book is also a collection of amazing photographs of nature done by John Cleare. This is a book that has captured the essence of peaceful and elegant haiku.
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Lovely,
This review is from: Classic Haiku: The Greatest Japanese Poetry from Basho, Buson, Issa, Shiki, and Their Followers (Eternal Moments) (Hardcover)
Lovely edition.....very reasonable price; as with all good poetry, and especially with a collection so handsomely
produced....."priceless."
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