Basho - Annotated by Matsuo Basho (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>Basho</i> stands today as Japan's 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 <i>Basho</i> was the greatest of the Old Japanese Masters. <p/>Yet despite his stature, <i>Basho</i>'s complete haiku have not been collected into a single volume. Until now. <p/>To render the writer's full body of work into English, Jane Reichhold, an American haiku poet and translator, dedicated over ten years of work. In <i>Basho</i> The Complete Haiku, she accomplishes the feat with distinction. Dividing his creative output into seven periods of development, Reichhold frames each period with a decisive biographical sketch of the poet's travels, creative influences and personal triumphs and defeats. Scrupulously annotated notes accompany each poem; and a glossary and two indexes fill out the volume. <p/>Reichhold notes that, <i>Basho</i> was a genius with words. He obsessively sought out the right word for each phrase of the succinct seventeen-syllable haiku, seeking the very essence of experience and expression. With equal dedication, Reichhold sought the ideal translations. As a result, <i>Basho</i> The Complete Haiku is likely to become the essential work on this brilliant poet and will stand as the most authoritative book on the subject for many years to come. Original sumi-e ink drawings by artist Shiro Tsujimura complement the haiku throughout the book.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>JANE REICHHOLD</b> 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 in Tokyo. <p/><b>SHIRO TSUJIMURA</b> is a renowned Japanese artist and potter with works in museums around the world. His striking work appears on the cover and throughout the Kodansha International edition of Basho's classic, A Haiku Journey.
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