This book has a dual purpose. The first is to present in a new English translation 255 representative hokku (or haiku) poems of Matsuo Basho (1644-94), the Japanese poet who is generally considered the most influential figure in the history of the genre. The second is to make available in English a wide spectrum of Japanese critical commentary on the poems over the last three hundred years.
- ISBN10 0804719160
- ISBN13 9780804719162
- Publish Date 1 April 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 May 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Stanford University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 468
- Language English