Basho and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary
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Book
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ISBN 10
804725268
ISBN 13
9780804725262
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Book
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Publication Year
1992
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Description
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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