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Basho : The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho (Collector's Edition) by Basho (2024, Hardcover)

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Author: Basho (Author), Fitzsimons, Andrew (Translator). Publisher: University of California Press. Number of Pages: 480. ISBN13: 9780520400733.

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PublisherUniversity of California Press

ISBN-100520400739

ISBN-139780520400733

eBay Product ID (ePID)3066412179

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Book TitleBasho : the Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho (Collector's Edition)

Number of Pages480 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2024

TopicAsian / Japanese, Haiku, Linguistics / General

GenrePoetry, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Collections

AuthorBasho

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight24.1 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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ReviewsBasho was a master poet, and as such, he was often invited to write the opening poem in a planned renga, a great honor. This means his poems needed to be inviting, playful and open-ended. Fitzsimons' Basho is all of these and more. . . . Splendid.

Table Of ContentContents Basho Chronology Introduction THE POEMS Acknowledgments Glossary Bibliography Index of Poems in Japanese (Romaji) Index of Poems in Japanese Index of First Lines of Poems in English Index of Names

SynopsisA lavish collector's edition of the complete poems of eminent Japanese master of the haiku, Matsuo Basho --with a new index that contains the full Japanese text of the original poems. Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) is arguably the greatest figure in the history of Japanese literature and the master of the haiku. Basho: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho offers in English a full picture of the haiku of Basho, 980 poems in all. In Fitzsimons's beautiful rendering, Basho is much more than a philosopher of the natural world and the leading exponent of a refined Japanese sensibility. He is also a poet of queer love and eroticism; of the city as well as the country, the indoors and the outdoors, travel and staying put; of lonesomeness as well as the desire to be alone. Basho: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho reveals how this work speaks to our concerns today as much as it captures a Japan emerging from the Middle Ages. For dedicated scholars and those coming upon Basho for the first time, this beautiful collector's edition of Fitzsimons's elegant award-winning translation, with the original Japanese (including kanji, hiragana, and katakana), allows readers to enjoy these works in all their glory., A lavish collector's edition of the complete poems of eminent Japanese master of the haiku, Matsuo Basho --with a new index that contains the full Japanese text of the original poems. Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) is arguably the greatest figure in the history of Japanese literature and the master of the haiku. Basho The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho offers in English a full picture of the haiku of Basho, 980 poems in all. In Fitzsimons's beautiful rendering, Basho is much more than a philosopher of the natural world and the leading exponent of a refined Japanese sensibility. He is also a poet of queer love and eroticism; of the city as well as the country, the indoors and the outdoors, travel and staying put; of lonesomeness as well as the desire to be alone. Basho The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho reveals how this work speaks to our concerns today as much as it captures a Japan emerging from the Middle Ages. For dedicated scholars and those coming upon Basho for the first time, this beautiful collector's edition of Fitzsimons's elegant award-winning translation, with the original Japanese (including kanji, hiragana, and katakana), allows readers to enjoy these works in all their glory.

LC Classification NumberPL794.4.A2 2024