Basho: The Complete Haiku by Matsuo Bashō

Basho: The Complete Haiku

Matsuo Bashō with Shiro Tsujimura (Illustrator), Jane Reichhold (Translator)

431 pages first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction poetry challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Basho stands today as Japans most renowned writer, and one of the most revered. Wherever Japanese literature, poetry or Zen are studied, his oeuvre carries weight. Every new student of haiku quickly learns that Basho was the greatest of the Old Ja...

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inspiring 50%
relaxing 50%
lighthearted 25%

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slow 33%

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