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Basho: The Complete Haiku

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by: Matsuo Basho See Larger Image List Price: $24.95 Amazon.com's Price: $16.47 You Save: $8.48 (34%) as of 11/22/2009 07:54 EST Used Price: $12.31 Third Party New Price: $14.78 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 895.104108 EAN: 9784770030634 Edition: annotated edition ISBN: 4770030630 Label: Kodansha International Manufacturer: Kodansha International Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: July 01, 2008 Publisher: Kodansha International Studio: Kodansha International Features: ISBN13: 9784770030634 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices Related Items: The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets (Shambhala Centaur Editions) The Old Tea Seller: Life and Zen Poetry in 18th Century Kyoto 1020 Haiku in Translation: The Heart of Basho, Buson and Issa The Classic Tradition of Haiku: An Anthology (Dover Thrift Editions) Writing and Enjoying Haiku: A Hands-on Guide see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Basho stands today as Japans 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 Basho was the greatest of the Old Japanese Masters. Yet despite his stature, Bashos complete haiku have not been collected into a single volume. Until now. To render the writers full body of work into English, Jane Reichhold, an American haiku poet and translator, dedicated over ten years of work. In Basho: 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 poets travels, creative influences and personal triumphs and defeats. Scrupulously annotated notes accompany each poem; and a glossary and two indexes fill out the volume. Reichhold notes that, Basho 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, Basho: 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. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Labor of love Sure, this is another book. It is also a haiku temple. Basho didn't just write haiku; he lived haiku. To some extent Jane Reichhold apparently does, too. Here she collects original texts and variants and contributes literal and poetic translations, commentaries on all the verses, and essays that place the haiku in biographical and historical context. Reichhold's poetic translations comprise the creative core of the book. They strike me as sharp, unsentimental, full of experiencing. ... Read More Rating: - basho's works altogether i have been reading basho for some time now and have been looking for a complete collection. this is the first to come out and it is an exellent translation and the anotations bring new insight to my understanding of basho's life and work. i recommend it to anyone interested in basho or haiku Rating: - A Treasure For Those Who Love Haiku This book is complete collection of all of Basho's haiku. Although he lived more than 300 years ago, he is still considered on of the finest Japanese writers ever to have lived. His work has influenced other writers, in other countries, for hundreds of years. You do not have to be an expert in either haiku, or Japanese literature, to appreciate this book. There is so much information in the introduction, and index, that you will quickly learn to appreciate all the nuances of this form. ... Read More Rating: - Basho The complete Works by Jane Reichhold It is a beautiful book. Jane Reichhold deserves thanks from all the readers and admirers of Basho. She has done an excellent job. The get up of the book is superb. Rating: - Basho: An interpretation Matsuo Basho is the undisputed master of haiku. He refined what was seen as a simple, almost comic, style of verse into something that we would call high art. A collection like this, with all of his haiku translated and gathered together into a single, annotated volume is an absolute treasure, and the only surprise is that it wasn't published many years ago. Of course, collecting the haiku is easy. There are numerous collections available in Japanese, and it is simply a matter of reprinting ... Read More see more

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