Full Description
A highly distilled form of Japanese poetry, haiku consist of 17 syllables, usually divided among three lines. This unique collection spans over 400 years (1488-1902) of haiku history by the greatest masters: Basho, Issa, Shiki and many more, in translations by top-flight scholars in the field. Editor Faubion Bowers provides a Foreword and many informative notes to the poems.
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments to Translators
Iio Sogi
Socho
Yamazaki Sokan
Arakida Moritake
Matsunaga Teitoku
Matsue Shigeyori [Ishu]
Yasuhara Teishitsu
Nishiyama Soin
Ihara Saikaku
Yamaguchi Sodo
Ichikawa Danjuro I
Kitamura Kigin
Hojo Dansui
Matsuo Basho
Takarai Kikaku
Hattori Ransetsu
Mukai Kyorai
Kosugi Issho
Ochi Etsujin
Shida Yaba
Kagami Shiko
Tachibana Hokushi
Nozawa Boncho
Yamamoto Kakei
Ogawa Haritsu
Sanboku
Kawai Otokuni
Anonymous
Den Sute-jo
Uejima Onitsura
Chigetsu
Shofu-ni
Ogawa Shushiki
Takeda [Tome] Uko-ni
Kaga no Chiyo
Hayano Hajin
Gozan
Tan Taigi
Yagi Shokyu-ni
Yosa Buson
Oshima Ryota
Tagami Kikusha-ni
Kobayashi Issa
Otomo Oemaru
Ichikawa Danjuro V
Sakurai Baishitsu
Kubota Seifu-jo
Masaoka Shiki



