num_pages: 468
description: 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.
language: English
title: Basho and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary
titlecomplete: Basho and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary
genres: Japan, Poetry, Japanese Literature
ratings_count: 67
publisher: Stanford University Press