An Introduction to Haiku: An Anthology of Poems and Poets from Bashō to ShikiThe seventeen-syllable Japanese haiku -- a three-line poem constructed on extremely rigid principles, must adhere to the strictest aesthetic standards of concreteness, objectivity, and suggestiveness. In this brilliant analytical anthology Harold G. Henderson introduces the Western reader to the seventeen-syllable haiku and, with a wide selection from the works of the great haiku masters, gives a historical and critical account of the haiku tradition. The haiku tradition is an ancient one. As Mr. Henderson suggests in the preface to this volume, a great haiku must be lucid as well as richly suggestive in the meanings it conveys to the attentive reader. In this, haiku captures the essence of lyric poetry throughout the ages and, in its variety and richness, reflects many of the characteristics of Japanese painting and religion. -- From publisher's description. |
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balleve cad in their present | 1 |
Matsuo Bashō | 15 |
Bashōs Pupils 理 | 52 |
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Amida as-for Asakusa autumn Bashō bell bird bloom Buson butterfly cherry blossoms chiru Chiyo chrysanthemums cool cuckoo daimyō dragonflies effect emotion English ETSUJIN fall famous feeling fireflies flowers frogs give grasses haiku hana hana-no Haru harvest moon hito hitotsu horori hotaru Hototogisu indicate Issa Issa's it-is Japa Japan Japanese Japanese Literature kage kana kigo Kikaku kireji kochō kyō KYORAI leaf least literally MATSUO BASHŌ meaning mizu moon moon-viewing mountain naki naku nanimo nashi nowaki Oku-no-Hosomichi Onitsura's original picture plum blossoms poem poetic poetry poets probably pupils rain reader river RYŌTA sakura Samidare scarecrows seems Sengin shadow Shiki shite Short Night sing skylark snow song sound spring subj suggested summer syllables tanka temple things tion translated tree tsuki usually utsugi verb verse wind words written wrote yori yujo yuki yuku