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Haiku: Japanese Art and Poetry

by Judith Patt
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9780764956102
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Pomegranate Communications
  • Publisher Imprint: Pomegranate Communications
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 80
  • Original Price: USD 24.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 558 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Asian / General and Asian / Japanese

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The strictest and purest of poetic forms, the Japanese haiku contains in its seventeen sound characters (on) a reference to a season as well as a distinct pause or interruption. Cherry blossoms and swallows might refer to spring; red maple leaves and deer usually imply autumn. These seasonal allusions emphasize the essence of haiku: nature and its ephemeral beauty.

The graceful, evocative haiku featured here were composed by the renowned Japanese haiku masters of the past four hundred years, including Matsuo Bash, Taniguchi Buson, and Kobayashi Issa. The deceptively simple poemsrendered in English with Japanese calligraphies and transliterationsare paired with exquisite eighteenth- or nineteenth-century paintings and ukiyo-e prints and twentieth-century shin hanga woodcuts from the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Canada. With their depth and delicacy, wide range of subtle hues, and time-honored focus on landscapes, birds, and flowers, these artworkslike their haiku counterpartsquietly capture a moment in time.

Haiku: Japanese Art and Poetry presents thirty-five pairs of poems and images, organized seasonally. The Introduction details the origin and development of haiku, the lives of the most famous poets, and the obstacles faced when translating the concise yet complex lines.

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