Basho and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary

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.

Author: Makoto Ueda
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 05/01/1995
Pages: 468
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.98h x 5.99w x 1.03d
ISBN: 9780804725262

About the Author
Makoto Ueda is Professor of Japanese at Stanford University.