num_pages: 78
description: This unique collection spans over 400 years (1488–1902) of haiku history by the greatest masters: Bashō, Issa, Shiki, and many more, in translations by top-flight scholars in the field. Editor Faubion Bowers provides a foreword and many informative notes to the poems.
language: English
title: The Classic Tradition of Haiku: An Anthology
titlecomplete: The Classic Tradition of Haiku: An Anthology (Dover Thrift Editions)
characters: Buson, Matsushima, Basho
genres: Classics, Asian Literature, Philosophy, Anthologies, Japan, Reference, Japanese Literature, Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 914
publisher: Dover Publications