An Introduction to Haiku: An Anthology of Poems and Poets from Basho to Shiki

Henderson, Harold Gould

ISBN 10: 0385093764 / ISBN 13: 9780385093767

Published by Anchor, 1958

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Introduction to Haiku: An Anthology of Poems and Poets from Basho to Shiki
• Publisher: Anchor
• Publication Date: 1958
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385093764
• ISBN 13: 9780385093767
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Harold G. Henderson was, from 1927 to 1929, the Assistant to the Curator of Far Eastern Art at the Metropolitan Musuem of Art. In 1930 he went to Japan, where he lived the following three years. On his return to this country he joined the faculty at Columbia University, where he taught Japanese and initiated a course in the history of Japanese art. He retired in 1955. His published works include The Bamboo Broom, Surviving Works of Sharaku (with Louis V. Ledoux), and A Handbook of Japanese Grammar. He has also translated H. Minamoto's Illustrated History of Japanese Art, etc. Mr. Henderson lives in New York City.