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Inch by Inch: 45 Haiku by Issa

Issa Kobayashi; Nanao Sakaki

Synopsis:
Originally published in 1985 in a limited edition, this selection of haiku by Issa, the great nineteenth-century Japanese poet, is translated by Nanao Sakaki, the legendary contemporary Japanese poet. Widely regarded as one of the four haiku masters of Japan, Issa is much loved for his compassion and humorous sense of equality with the natural world.

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Other editions: Softcover - 1997, 1996, Softcover - 1991, 1984, 1983, 1972, Softcover - 1972