Basho: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho (Collector's Edition)

by Basho
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ISBN: 9780520400733
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A lavish collector's edition of the complete poems of eminent Japanese master of the haiku, Matsuo Bashō.

Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694) is arguably the greatest figure in the history of Japanese literature and the master of the haiku. Bashō The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Bashō offers in English a full picture of the haiku of Bashō, 980 poems in all.

In Fitzsimons's beautiful rendering, Bashō is much more than a philosopher of the natural world and the leading exponent of a refined Japanese sensibility. He is also a poet of queer love and eroticism; of the city as well as the country, the indoors and the outdoors, travel and staying put; of lonesomeness as well as the desire to be alone. Bashō The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Bashō reveals how this work speaks to our concerns today as much as it captures a Japan emerging from the Middle Ages. For dedicated scholars and those coming upon Bashō for the first time, this beautiful collector's edition of Fitzsimons's elegant award-winning translation, with the original Japanese, allows readers to enjoy these works in all their glory.

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Basho
  • ISBN: 9780520400733
  • Condition: New
  • Number Of Pages: 480
  • Publication Year: 2024
Language: English

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