Haiku: Classic Japanese Short Poems

Beautifully produced in traditional Chinese binding and with a timeless design, Haiku features 90 classic poems from four poets: Matsuo Bashō, Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa and Masaoka Shiki with each poem is presented in Japanese script, along with romanized Japanese (romaji) and an English translation.

Haiku – seventeen-syllable poems that evoke worlds despite their brevity – have captivated Japanese readers since the seventeenth century. Today the form is practiced worldwide and has become e...