Name: Basho: The Complete Haiku
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Author: Matsuo Basho
ISBN: 9781568365374

Type

Physical Book

Author

Matsuo Basho

Publisher

Kodansha Intl

Year

2013

Language

English

Pages

432

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781568365374

Edition No.

Synopsis "Basho: The Complete Haiku "

Basho stands today as Japan’s most renowned writer, and one of the most revered. Wherever Japanese literature, poetry or Zen are studied, his oeuvre carries weight. Every new student of haiku quickly learns that Basho was the greatest of the Old Japanese Masters.Yet despite his stature, Basho’s complete haiku have not been collected into a single volume. Until now.To render the writer’s full body of work into English, Jane Reichhold, an American haiku poet and translator, dedicated over ten years of work. In Basho: The Complete Haiku, she accomplishes the feat with distinction. Dividing his creative output into seven periods of development, Reichhold frames each period with a decisive biographical sketch of the poet’s travels, creative influences and personal triumphs and defeats. Scrupulously annotated notes accompany each poem; and a glossary and two indexes fill out the volume.Reichhold notes that, "Basho was a genius with words." He obsessively sought out the right word for each phrase of the succinct seventeen-syllable haiku, seeking the very essence of experience and expression. With equal dedication, Reichhold sought the ideal translations. As a result, Basho: The Complete Haiku is likely to become the essential work on this brilliant poet and will stand as the most authoritative book on the subject for many years to come. Original sumi-e ink drawings by artist Shiro Tsujimura complement the haiku throughout the book.

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Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694) fue uno de los poetas más importantes de la literatura japonesa y es considerado el gran maestro del haiku. Nacido como Matsuo Kinsaku, dedicó gran parte de su vida a viajar por Japón, experiencias que luego transformó en poesía marcada por la contemplación de la naturaleza, la sencillez y la fugacidad de la vida.

Su obra más conocida, Sendas de Oku, reúne las reflexiones y poemas surgidos de uno de sus viajes por el norte de Japón. Bashō elevó el haiku, hasta entonces considerado una forma poética menor, convirtiéndolo en una expresión de gran profundidad espiritual y estética. Su estilo se caracteriza por la sobriedad, la conexión con la naturaleza y la capacidad de encontrar belleza en los momentos cotidianos.

Murió en Osaka en 1694, dejando una enorme influencia en la poesía japonesa. Su obra continúa siendo fundamental para comprender el haiku y la tradición literaria japonesa.

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