Haiku inspirations
Subtitle: poems and meditations on nature and beauty
By: Tom Lowenstein with Victoria James
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780785829799
Subjects: Haiku; History; Translations into English
Description: "[With] new translations of more than 50 haiku accompanied by sympathetic landscape photographs, woodcut prints and calligraphy ... [t]he book traces the evolution of haiku from courtly accomplishments in Kyoto during the Heian period (9th century to 12th centuries) to the work of the great haiku poets of the 17th and 19th centuries, Bashō, Buson, Issa and Shiki, whose life stories are briefly told. Also explored thoroughly in the book is the cultural background of haiku - everything from Zen Buddhism and Shinto shrines to the samurai warrior code, tea ceremonies, and Noh and Kabuki theater."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 155) and index.