Haiku

Haiku features 80 classic poems from four poets - Matsuo Bashō, Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa and Masaoka Shiki - which range across more than 200 years of Japanese poetry. Each poem is presented in Japanese script, along with romanised Japanese (romaji), a new English translation and an illustration echoing the poem's theme.

About the author

Hart Larrabee is an American translator who lives with his family in the little town of Obuse in northern Nagano, Japan, right in the heart of Issa country. His translations of short stories by Fumio Takano and Mitsuyo Kakuta have appeared, respectively, in the anthologies Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction and The Book of Tokyo: A City in Short Fiction. He also translates nonfiction, particularly in the fields of art, design, and architecture.

Product details

• Assisted by: Hart Larrabee (Translation)
• Publisher: Amber Books Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.08.2024
• EAN: 9781838864408
• ISBN: 978-1-83886-440-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 170 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 286 g
• Illustrations: Halftones, color; Illustrations, color; Illustrations, black and white
• Series: Mini Encyclopedia; MINI ENCYCLOPEDIAS
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design