Basho: The Complete Haiku

If you like this type of poetry, you must have this book in your home library!!! In any case, I found myself skimming the pages and by the end I was very glad to put the book down.As far as I know this is the only complete volume of Basho's Haikus.As far as I know this is the only complete volume of Basho's Haikus.A nice book to come back to every once in a while, read a few of the haikus, and put it aside. Well worth to have. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Wonderful collection of haiku poetry, this first edition, hardcover book is very nice and I highly recommend to any haiku fan. Select your address Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Haiku is so difficult to translate because of the slippery/polysemic nature of the Japanese, but on the whole the translations are nice.

Beautiful poems in an aesthetically befitting book. ), you'll be reassured to learn there is a comprehensive appendix in the back that includes, for each poem, the original Japanese characters, a romanization, and a literal word-for-word gloss, in addition to explanatory notes that elucidate the allusions, cultural and historical context, ribald puns, double entendres, etc.

Never so much was so shrewdly condensed in so little. The translations however did not appeal to me as much as translations by Robert Hass. Wherever Japanese literature, poetry or Zen are studied, his Basho stands today as Japans most renowned writer, and one of the most revered. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. "I first encountered Basho in Sam Hamill's translation in a university course taught by poet David McCann; later, I devoured Robert Hass's translation, on the poet Peter Richards's recommendation. Excellent reference volume. Published Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. found them too literal, lacking grace in english.MATSUO Bashō (松尾 芭蕉) was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. A thorough introduction to his life, works, and impact is followed by virtually all of his works by stages of his life, introduced with a text and laid out beautifully with 4-5 poems per page. There is also a section of background information on most of the poems to help put them in context. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.Paper was once a living thing. Only problem is/I cannot stop counting/my syllables now.This is the one (1) book I had checked out when the pandemic hit and the libraries closed. Every new student of haiku quickly learns that Basho was the greatest of the Old Japanese Masters. The translations are spare and intriguing, the author's apparent effort to reach for Basho's intent. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. The model takes into account factors including the age of a rating, whether the ratings are from verified purchasers, and factors that establish reviewer trustworthiness.Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Do words written on it also live?His Bride is a collection of six hilarious instalove short romance books featuring over-the-top billionaires and their sassy curvy women.Two sisters. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. - every poem is such a beautifully crystallized moment in the flow of time Excellent book of poetry. I found this method extremely helpful. But unless you are really passionate about haiku you are unlikely to get much from this collection. This edition, translated by Jane ReicI first encountered Basho in Sam Hamill's translation in a university course taught by poet David McCann; later, I devoured Robert Hass's translation, on the poet Peter Richards's recommendation. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Yet despite his stature, Bashos complete haiku have not been collected into a single volume. It contains 1012 haiku divided into seven chapters with accompanying introductory texts; a section of notes on the intracasies of each poem and the problems of translation; a section on the techniques Basho uses; and a glossary of Japanese terms used.A stunningly researched and immaculately presented compilation of the the complete surviving poems of Matsuo Basho (1644-1694). This was a great book to begin the year with (and not only because it mentions the New Year holiday more times than probably any other book in existence).

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A perfect antidote for modern complexity. I loved his sensibility and deep spirituality immediately, and he remains my favorite haiku poet (although, to this day, I am still occasionally troubled by his self-avowed refusal to help the small child and the two prostitutes he met on his deep north journey...).