Monkey's Raincoat: Linked Poetry of the Basho School with Haiku Selections (English and Japanese Edition) - Hardcover
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Monkey's Raincoat, Sarumino: Linked Poetry of the Basho School with Haiku Selections
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Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, VT, 1985
ISBN 10: 0804815003
ISBN 13: 9780804815000
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Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing, hardcover, has slight bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, mild rubbing to the covers, a touch of sunning to the head, a small stain to the fore edge of the text block, and a previous owner's signature penned to the front paste down. Overall, a Very Good copy in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has bumps with a touch of creasing to the spine ends and cover corners, rubbing to the covers, and mild sun toning to the spine with a touch of offsetting across the head. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar. Seller Inventory # 213446
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MONKEY'S RAINCOAT : SARUMINO : Linked Poetry of the Basho School with Haiku Selections
Published by
Charles E. Tuttle Publishing, Tokyo, Japan, 1985
ISBN 10: 0804815003
ISBN 13: 9780804815000
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Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Archival Illustrations (illustrator). 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Text/NEW & Bright. 1985, First Edition, 1st Printing. Gilt embossed sienna linen boards/Fin; showing trace spotting (acidic paper reaction)e. DJ/NF; price clipped. Gift inscription to first title page. Anthology of 4 renga poems (linked-poetray, a from of collaborative verse) from Japan's haiku master Basho (1644-1694) & followers of his school. A genre believed to have begun between just two poets, evolved to be a favorite of Japan's 15th century imperial court producing standard formats of 100 stanzas. First published 1691, this anthology contains 4 regas (each addressing a season of the year, w/selected 40 haikus; here translated to English by Lenore Mayhew . 151 pgs, w/archival illustrations, presented w/romanized Japanese along w/the English. Contents are: 1, Introduction; 2, Biographies of contributing poets; 3, Linked Poems: a, Winter Rain (Hatsushigured); b, Summer Moon (Natsu no Tsuki); c, Autumn Cricket (Kirigirisu); and d, Grass & Plum (Ume Wakana); 4, Haiku Selections, followed by Notes to the Poems, and Index to Poets (which are many). Seller Inventory # 020691
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Monkey's Raincoat: Linked Poetry of the Basho School with Haiku Selections (English and Japanese Edition)
Published by
Charles E. Tuttle Publishing, Tokyo, 1985
ISBN 10: 0804815003
ISBN 13: 9780804815000
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A near fine, clean copy, but for faint pencil marks on 2 pages. Seller Inventory # 106634
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