Matsuo Basho

Jane Reichhold

Basho stands today as Japans most renowned writer, and one of the most revered. Wherever Japanese literature, poetry or Zen are studied, his oeuvre carries weight. Every new student of haiku quickly learns that Basho was the greatest of the Old Japanese Masters. Yet despite his stature, Bashos complete haiku have not been collected into a single volume. Until now. To render the writers full body of work into English, Jane Reichhold, an American haiku poet and translator, dedicated over ten years of work. In Basho: The Complete Haiku, she accomplishes the feat with distinction. Dividing his creative output into seven periods of development, Reichhold frames each period with a decisive biographical sketch of the poets travels, creative influences and personal triumphs and defeats. Scrupulously annotated notes accompany each poem; and a glossary and two indexes fill out the volume. Reichhold notes that, Basho was a genius with words. He obsessively sought out the right word for each phrase of the succinct seventeen-syllable haiku, seeking the very essence of experience and expression. With equal dedication, Reichhold sought the ideal translations. As a result, Basho: The Complete Haiku is likely to become the essential work on this brilliant poet and will stand as the most authoritative book on the subject for many years to come. Original sumi-e ink drawings by artist Shiro Tsujimura complement the haiku throughout the book.

The Complete Haiku

Basho

Akiko Yosano

Machiko Kobayashi

For the first time all the tanka in Akiko Yosano's 1901 book, Midaregami - Tangled Hair, have been translated into English. Each of the tanka has the original kanji version, a romaji version and the English so readers in both languages can appreciate the depth of Yosano's poetry. One of the reasons these 399 tanka have not been translated before is the difficulty of discovering the ambiguity in the poems. Machiko Kobayashi, a professional translator with a degree in English Literature has teamed up Jane Reichhold, a tanka poet and translator of six books from the Japanese. Introduction to the book is written by Aya Yuhki, editor of The Tanka Journal in Tokyo.

The 399 Tanka in Midaregami ? Tangled Hair by Akiko Yosano

A Girl with Tangled Hair

As the poetry of tanka - also called waka in Japanese - becomes more popular, changes are taking place in the way non-Japanese adapt and adopt the form. Jane Reichhold, one of the pioneers of English-language tanka, brings to readers her newest experiments. --AHA Books.

Scarlet Scissors Fire

Fumiko Nakajō

ハツエ・川村

Fumiko Nakajo, Her Tanka and Her Life

Breasts of Snow

Narrow Road to Renga

William J. Higginson

Penny Harter

ペニー ハーター

Presents a concise history of the Japanese haiku, including the changes of the haiku throughout the twentieth century as this beloved poetry form has been adapted to modern and urban settings. This title offers full chapters on form, the seasons in haiku, and haiku craft, as well as background on the Japanese poetic tradition. With a new foreword by poet, translator, and author Jane Reichhold ('Basho: The Complete Haiku'), this anniversary edition presents a concise history of the Japanese haiku, including the dynamic changes of the haiku throughout the twentieth century as this beloved

How to Write, Teach, and Appreciate Haiku

The Haiku Handbook

Nearly 5000 haiku by Jane Reichhold, written in English between 1993 - 2013 have been arranged according to the five seasons and seven traditional saijiki categories of Japan. However the haiku within the categories are arranged alphabetically - which makes this a dictionary.

Second Edition

A Dictionary of Haiku

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