Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) is widely acknowledged as the greatest of all the Japanese haiku poets. In the original Japanese, the two defining features of the haiku form are its 5-7-5 sound unit format (the syllable being the corresponding unit in English) and its rhythm. This selection of three hundred of Basho's finest haiku represents the first successful strict translation into English haiku of what was actually written, some 350 years ago, by a genius of the form. The renditions are beautiful; the crucial cadences are retained.
- ISBN10 0901032549
- ISBN13 9780901032546
- Publish Date 25 April 2019
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The Buddhist Society
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 360
- Language English