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  • On Love and Barley

    Haiku of Basho

    by Matsuo Basho ...
    Translated by Lucien Stryk ...
    Basho, one of the greatest of Japanese poets and the master of haiku, was also a Buddhist monk and a life-long traveller. His poems combine 'karumi', or lightness of touch, with the Zen ideal of oneness with creation. Each poem evokes the natural world - the cherry blossom, the leaping frog, the summer moon or the winter snow - suggesting the smallness of human life in comparison to the vastness ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Narrow Road to the Interior

    And Other Writings

    by Matsuo Basho ...
    Translated by Sam Hamill ...
    Series series Shambhala Classics
    A masterful translation of one of the most-loved classics of Japanese literature—part travelogue, part haiku collection, part account of spiritual awakeningBashō (1644–1694)—a great luminary of Asian literature who elevated the haiku to an art form of utter simplicity and intense spiritual beauty—is renowned in the West as the author of Narrow Road to the Interior, a travel diary of linked prose ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

    by Matsuo Basho ...
    Translated by Nobuyuki Yuasa ...
    'It was with aweThat I beheldFresh leaves, green leaves,Bright in the sun'When the Japanese haiku master Basho composed The Narrow Road to the Deep North, he was an ardent student of Zen Buddhism, setting off on a series of travels designed to strip away the trappings of the material world and bring spiritual enlightenment. He writes of the seasons changing, the smell of the rain, the brightness ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Basho

    The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho

    by Basho ...
    Series series World Literature in Translation
    This is the essential English edition of the complete poems of the eminent Japanese master of the haiku, Matsuo Bashō.Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) is arguably the greatest figure in the history of Japanese literature and the master of the haiku. Bashō: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Bashō offers in English a full picture of the haiku of Bashō, 980 poems in all. Andrew Fitzsimons’ translation is the ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Moon Woke Me Up Nine Times

    Selected Haiku of Basho

    by Matsuo Basho ...
    Translated by David Young ...
    Vivid new translations of Basho's popular haiku, in a selected format ideal for newcomers as well as fans long familiar with the Japanese master.Basho, the famously bohemian traveler through seventeenth-century Japan, is a poet attuned to the natural world as well as humble human doings; "Piles of quilts/ snow on distant mountains/ I watch both," he writes. His work captures both the profound ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Japanese Haiku

    Translated by Peter Beilenson ...
    by Basho, Buson ...
    Series Book 1 - Peter Pauper Press Classic Haiku
    Step into a series of dazzling, funny, melancholy, and joyous moments with this collection of haiku masterworks. Beloved translator Peter Beilensons goal was twofold: to craft a book of haiku accessible to anyone, and to render his best guess at what the poets would have written in English. His translations preserve the sublime spirit of each verse, conjuring vivid visual and emotional impressions ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Narrow Road of Oku

    by Matsuo Basho ...
    Translated by Meredith McKinney ...
    A lively new translation of "the greatest of all Japanese books of spiritual wandering" (Robert Hass).In the spring of 1689, Basho set off from Tokyo on a now-famous pilgrimage: this epic walk, spanning about 1500 miles, took him to the deep north of Honshu, and then back along the island’s western coast and finally down to Lake Biwa. Along his route he encountered friends and fellow travelers, ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

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  • Basho's Narrow Road

    Spring and Autumn Passages

    by Matsuo Basho ...
    Translated by Hiroaki Sato ...
    Series series Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature
    A stimulating exploration of the haiku masterpiece.Matsuo Basho (1644-94) is considered Japan's greatest haiku poet. Narrow Road to the Interior (Oku no Hosomichi) is his masterpiece. Ostensibly a chronological account of the poet's five-month journey in 1689 into the deep country north and west of the old capital, Edo, the work is in fact artful and carefully sculpted, rich in literary and Zen ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Best Short Stories - 9

    Best Authors - Best stories

    by Sherwood Anderson, H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, O. Henry, Anton Chekhov, James Joyce, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Stephen Leacock, H.H. Munro (SAKI), Matsuo Basho ...
    Series Book 9 - The Best Short Stories
    Anton ChekhovH.H. Munro (SAKI)HP LovecraftBjørnstjerne BjørnsonStephen LeacockSherwood AndersonO. HenryAmbrose BierceMatsuo BashoJames JoyceEdted by Ahmet Ünal ÇAM ... Read more

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  • Japanese Haiku: The Four Seasons

    Translated by Peter Beilenson ...
    by Basho, Buson ...
    Series Book 2 - Peter Pauper Press Classic Haiku
    Step into a series of dazzling, funny, melancholy, and joyous moments with this collection of haiku masterworks. Beloved translator Peter Beilensons goals were twofold: to craft a book of haiku accessible to anyone, and to render his best guess at what the poets would have written in English. His translations preserve the sublime spirit of each verse, conjuring vivid visual and emotional ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Japanese Haiku: Cherry Blossoms

    Translated by Peter Beilenson ...
    by Basho, Buson ...
    Series Book 3 - Peter Pauper Press Classic Haiku
    Step into a series of dazzling, funny, melancholy, and joyous moments with this collection of haiku masterworks. Beloved translator Peter Beilensons goals were twofold: to craft a book of haiku accessible to anyone, and to render his best guess at what the poets would have written in English. His translations preserve the sublime spirit of each verse, conjuring vivid visual and emotional ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Delphi Collected Works of Basho and the Haikuists (Illustrated)

    by Basho and the Haikuists, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 102 - Delphi Poets Series
    The most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan, Matsuo Basho was of samurai descent and a Zen Buddhist, who became a master of haiku. He helped create a new style of poetry, capturing the meaning of the world into simple poetry. His work is celebrated for contrasting two separate experiences, reflecting the environment and emotions of a single moment, taken directly from nature. Haiku is a short ... Read more

    $1.99 USD