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by: Matsuo Basho See Larger Image List Price: $15.00 Amazon.com's Price: $11.70 You Save: $3.30 (22%) Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 895.6132 EAN: 9781593760083 ISBN: 1593760086 Label: Shoemaker & Hoard Manufacturer: Shoemaker & Hoard Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: October 01, 2003 Publisher: Shoemaker & Hoard Sales Rank: 805658 Studio: Shoemaker & Hoard Related Items: Basho's Narrow Road: Spring and Autumn Passages (Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature) Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings (Shambhala Classics) Basho: The Complete Haiku The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (Penguin Classics) The Narrow Road to Oku (Illustrated Japanese Classics) see more Editorial Review: Product Description: Zen Buddhism distinguishes itself by brilliant flashes of insight and its terseness of expression. The haiku verse form is a superb means of studying Zen modes of thought and expression, for its seventeen syllables impose a rigorous limitation that confines the poet to vital experience. Here haiku by Matsuo Basho (1644-94) — the greatest Japanese haiku poet — are translated by Robert Aitken, with commentary that provides a new and deeper understanding of Basho’s work than ever before. In presenting themes from the haiku and from Zen literature that open the doors both to the poems and to Zen itself, Aitken has produced the first book about the relationship between Zen and haiku. His readers are certain to find it invaluable for the remarkable revelations it offers. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - An excellent insight into the translation of Zen haiku A Zen Wave: Basho's Haiku and Zen This book provides an excellent insight into the editing choices that must be made in translating poetry (in this case Zen haiku) from another language into English. I found the author's discussions and commentary to be compelling and answered many questions that had arisen in my mind concerning the interpretation of Japanese haiku. By providing the Japanese poem side-by-side with a literal word-by-word transcription into English, together with the author's ... Read More Rating: - Zen Wave This book is an early work by a respected and cherished Zen adept. For this reader it lacks depth and breadth but should appeal to a beginner.

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