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Haiku Before Haiku: From the Renga Masters to Basho
Steven D. Carter
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Hardback. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DCF; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
While the rise of the charmingly simple, brilliantly evocative haiku is often associated with the seventeenth-century Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, the form had already flourished for more than four hundred years before Basho even began to write. These early poems, known as hokku, are identical to haiku in syllable count and structure but function differently as a genre. Whereas each haiku is its own constellation of image and meaning, a hokku opens a series of linked, collaborative stanzas in a sequence called renga. Under the mastery of Basho, hokku first gained its modern independence. His talents contributed to the ... Read more
While the rise of the charmingly simple, brilliantly evocative haiku is often associated with the seventeenth-century Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, the form had already flourished for more than four hundred years before Basho even began to write. These early poems, known as hokku, are identical to haiku in syllable count and structure but function differently as a genre. Whereas each haiku is its own constellation of image and meaning, a hokku opens a series of linked, collaborative stanzas in a sequence called renga. Under the mastery of Basho, hokku first gained its modern independence. His talents contributed to the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Translations from the Asian Classics
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231156486
SKU
V9780231156486
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About Steven D. Carter
Steven D. Carter is Yamato Ichihashi Chair in Japanese History and Civilization at Stanford University. His numerous books include Just Living: Poems by the Medieval Monk Tonna and Unforgotten Dreams: Poems by the Zen Monk Shotetsu.
Reviews for Haiku Before Haiku: From the Renga Masters to Basho
offers readers a chance to explore the evolution of this form. Inquiring Minds An erudite, beautifully translated, and accessible source on this form of Japanese poetry that deserves more attention from Anglophone readers.
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