Basho and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary

Basho? Matsuo

ISBN 10: 0804725268 / ISBN 13: 9780804725262

Published by Stanford University Press, 1992

About this Item

Seller Inventory # I-9780804725262

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Basho and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804725268
• ISBN 13: 9780804725262
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

This book has a dual purpose. The first is to present in a new English translation 255 representative hokku (or haiku) poems of Matsuo Basho (1644-94), the Japanese poet who is generally considered the most influential figure in the history of the genre. The second is to make available in English a wide spectrum of Japanese critical commentary on the poems over the last three hundred years.

About the Author

Makoto Ueda is Professor of Japanese at Stanford University.