Collected Haiku of Yosa Buson
By: translated by W.S. Merwin & Takako Lento
Contributors: Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927- translator; Lento, Takako, translator
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781556594274
Subjects: Translations into English; Japanese poetry; Haiku
Table of contents: title: Collected Haiku of Master Buson --; title: Preface -- 5; title: Spring: The New Year -- 7; title: The Bush Warbler -- 7; title: Weeping Willows -- 10; title: Plum Trees in Flower -- 11; title: Early Spring -- 15; title: The Servants' Holiday -- 16; title: Spring Air -- 17; title: The Rivers in Spring -- 21; title: Spring Rain -- 13; title: Camellias -- 27; title: Five Grains Day -- 27; title: Mud Snails -- 29; title: After the Geese Have Gone -- 29; title: Pheasants -- 32; title: Spring Day -- 36; title: Swallows -- 37; title: Spring Breeze -- 38; title: Frogs -- 39; title: New Life -- 41; title: Azaleas -- 43; title: Doll Festival -- 45; title: Peach Blossoms -- 46; title: A Kite -- 47; title: Cherry Blossoms -- 48; title: Spring Twilight -- 56; title: Pear Blossoms -- 58; title: Wisteria -- 58; title: Mustard Flowers -- 59; title: The End of Spring -- 60; title: Summer: Summer Clothes -- 64; title: The Little Cuckoo -- 66; title: Peonies -- 69; title: The Call of the Cuckoo -- 71; title: Short Summer Nights -- 74; title: Summer Flowers and Fruit -- 77; title: Mosquitoes -- 81; title: Early Summer -- 84; title: Marinated Sushi -- 87; title: The Path through Wild Roses -- 89; title: Summertime -- 90; title: The May Rain -- 94; title: Summer Visitors -- 96; title: Summer Afternoon -- 98; title: Cormorant Fishermen -- 100; title: A Summer Retreat -- 101; title: Summer Grass and Flowers -- 104; title: Lotus -- 105; title: Praying for Rain -- 106; title: Summer Moon -- 107; title: Melon Shed -- 108; title: Sweet Amazake Brew -- 109; title: Cicadas -- 110; title: Sachet -- 111; title: Fans -- 112; title: Gion Festival -- 113; title: By the River -- 114; title: Summer Shower -- 116; title: Poverty -- 117; title: Towering Clouds -- 118; title: Late Summer Heat -- 119; title: Arrowroot Water -- 120; title: Hot Summer Days -- 121; title: Summer Ceremonies -- 122; title: Autumn: Autumn -- 124; title: Bon Festival to Honor Ancestors' Souls -- 127; title: Lightning -- 129; title: Sumo Festival -- 130; title: Wildflowers in Autumn -- 131; title: Dew -- 135; title: Autumn Deepens -- 137; title: The Moon -- 139; title: Insects -- 140; title: The Harvest Moon -- 142; title: The Stag -- 147; title: Autumn Evening -- 149; title: Gourds -- 152; title: Scarecrows -- 153; title: Buckwheat -- 155; title: Autumn Views -- 156; title: Bass -- 157; title: Birds -- 158; title: Autumn Travels -- 160; title: Autumn Night -- 161; title: Pounding Cloth -- 163; title: Cold Autumn -- 164; title: September 13th Moon -- 166; title: Chrysanthemums -- 167; title: Red Maples -- 169; title: Rice Paddies -- 171; title: Cold Autumn Nights -- 173; title: Fond Memories -- 175; title: Sweet Acorns -- 176; title: Hot Red Peppers -- 176; title: Holly Branches -- 177; title: Hunting for Mushrooms -- 178; title: The End of Autumn -- 178; title: Winter: Winter Rain -- 181; title: Hibernation -- 183; title: Bedclothes in Winter -- 184; title: Winter Ceremonies -- 186; title: Tea Flowers -- 187; title: Tea Ceremonies -- 188; title: Plovers-Water Birds -- 189; title: Winter Flowers -- 191; title: Cold Nights -- 193; title: Fields in Winter -- 195; title: Leaves Falling -- 198; title: Eating Blowfish -- 200; title: Winter Cold -- 202; title: Hoods -- 210; title: Paper Robes -- 210; title: Head Covering -- 211; title: Kabuki Theater -- 212; title: Winter Solstice -- 213; title: Narcissus -- 213; title: Bare Days of Winter -- 214; title: Winter Trees -- 216; title: Chants and Gongs at Night -- 217; title: The Fire Festival -- 219; title: In the Cold -- 219; title: Eight Verses on a Humble Life -- 220; title: Hail -- 222; title: Dried Salmon -- 223; title: Winter Plum Blossoms -- 224; title: Winter Moon -- 223; title: Ascetics in the Cold -- 226; title: Wild Flesh -- 227; title: Year's End -- 229; title: Postscript -- 233; title: Haishi --; title: In mourning for Hokuju, the Elder Hermit -- 237; title: Songs of Spring Breeze over Kema Bank -- 239; title: Song of the Yodo-- 245.