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Basho : The Complete Haiku, Hardcover by Basho, Matsuo; Reichhold, Jane (TRN)...

Reichhold notes that, Basho was a genius with words. With equal dedication, Reichhold sought the ideal translations. As a result. Basho: The Complete Haiku, she accomplishes the feat with distinction.

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Condition	Brand New
ISBN	9781568365374
Book Title	Basho : the Complete Haiku
Publisher	Kodansha International
Item Length	9.1 in
Publication Year	2013
Format	Hardcover
Language	English
Illustrator	Yes, Tsujimura, Shiro
Item Height	1.1 in
Author	Jane Reichhold, Matsuo Basho
Genre	Literary Criticism, Poetry
Topic	Asian / General, Asian / Japanese, Haiku
Item Weight	27.1 Oz
Item Width	6.3 in
Number of Pages	432 Pages

Basho : The Complete Haiku, Hardcover by Basho, Matsuo; Reichhold, Jane (TRN); Tsujimura, Shiro (ILT), ISBN 1568365373, ISBN-13 9781568365374, Brand New, Free shipping in the USBasho 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 frameseach 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: TheComplete Haiku is likely to become the essential work on this brilliant poet and will stand as the most authoritativ on the subject for many years to come. Original sumi-e ink drawings by artist Shiro Tsujimura complement the haiku throughout th.