Dew on the Grass: The Life and Poetry of Kobayashi Issa by Makoto Ueda

Dew on the Grass: The Life and Poetry of Kobayashi Issa

Makoto Ueda

194 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

biography poetry reflective slow-paced
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This book sketches the life and poetry of Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), a Japanese poet popularly known as one of the Three Pillars of Haiku. While Basho with his mystic asceticism and Buson with his romantic aestheticism immeasurably enriched the h...

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