On love and barley : haiku of Basho
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On love and barley : haiku of Basho
（Penguin classics）
Penguin, 1985
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National Institute of Japanese Literature書庫
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English translation of 253 haiku written by Bashō
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Basho, one of the greatest of Japanese poets and the master of haiku, was also a Buddhist monk and a life-long traveller. His poems combine 'karumi', or lightness of touch, with the Zen ideal of oneness with creation. Each poem evokes the natural world - the cherry blossom, the leaping frog, the summer moon or the winter snow - suggesting the smallness of human life in comparison to the vastness and drama of nature. Basho himself enjoyed solitude and a life free from possessions, and his haiku are the work of an observant eye and a meditative mind, uncluttered by materialism and alive to the beauty of the world around him.
Table of Contents
BashoIntroduction
Acknowledgements
The Haiku
Notes
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