Haiku humor
By: by Stephen Addiss with Fumiko and Akira Yamamoto.
Contributors: Yamamoto, Fumiko.; Yamamoto, Akira.
Publisher: Weatherhill; Brand: Weatherhill
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng; jpn
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781590304723
Subjects: Haiku -- History and criticism; Humor in literature
Description: Humour has liong been a lively element in traditional Japanese culture. Through parody, satire, personification and wit, Japanese humour has a playful, subtle and incongruous nature. Here, the benign and gentle quality of Japanese humour is presented through 120 haiku by such masters as Basho, Issa and Buson, among others. Reproductions of nearly fifty woodblock prints, paintings and drawings accompany the poems.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.