Beginner's Guide To Japanese Haiku ZSP Looking at eight popular themes

Looking at eight popular themes and how they can be used in a huge variety of ways

and highlights distinctive grammatical features

paying homage to man’s best friend

This is a book that patiently unpacks the causes of our greatest stresses and gives us a succession of highly persuasive

from well-known classics to lesser-known treasures

Beginner's Guide To Japanese Haiku ZSP Looking at eight popular themesThis comprehensive introduction to Japan's best loved haiku poets is the perfect book for anyone wanting to learn about haiku. Compiled and with commentary by William Scott Wilson, the book features 26 poets and 550 haiku, exquisitely translated by Wilson. The poets include Basho, Shiki, Buson and Issa (the 'Great Four') along with other well known practitioners of the genre such as Ryokan, Kikaku and Chora. Wilson gives his own brand new renditions