Basho and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary
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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Basho and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary
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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Basho and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary

Basho and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary

by Makoto Ueda
Basho and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary

Basho and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary

by Makoto Ueda

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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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780804725262
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 05/01/1995
Edition description: 1
Pages: 468
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.05(d)

About the Author

Makoto Ueda is Professor of Japanese at Stanford University.
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