The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa
by Robert Hass
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages352 pages
ISBN
9780613339988
Published
1994
Description
American readers have been fascinated since their exposure to Japanese culture late in the nineteenth century, with the brief Japanese poem called the hokku or haiku. The seventeen-syllable form is rooted in a Japanese t...American readers have been fascinated since their exposure to Japanese culture late in the nineteenth century, with the brief Japanese poem called the hokku or haiku. The seventeen-syllable form is rooted in a Japanese tradition of close observation of nature, of making poetry from subtle suggestion.