Welcome to the new website of “Iztok-Zapad” – quality books, knowledge, and inspiration all in one place!
100 Haiku: Collected Haiku of Matsuo Bashō

100 Haiku: Collected Haiku of Matsuo Bashō

Sale -20%
  • 5.11€ / 10.00 лв.
  • 4.09€ / 8.00 лв.

Turn the Page. See the World: This month only, enjoy a 20% discount on all books.

Product Code:
886-01
ISBN
978-619-152-006-0
SKU
31.0010
Year
02-03-2012
Translation
from Japanese: Bratislav Ivanov
Pages
96
Size
140/215 мм
Weight
0.145 kg
Collection
Колекция "Световни поети"
Cover Type
Paperback
Genre
Japan, Haiku, Poetry

Matsuo Bashō

Matsuo Bashō

Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as the greatest master of haiku (then called hokku). Matsuo Bashō's poetry is internationally renowned; and, in Japan, many of his poems are reproduced on monuments and…

Read more

The first book by "World Poets" - the new East-West series, which brings together the best masters of the speech!

Basho 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.

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.

This book is likely to become the essential work of this brilliant poet and will stand as the most authoritative book on the subject for many years to come.

There are no reviews for this product.