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The strictest and purest of poetic forms, the Japanese haiku contains in its seventeen sound characters a reference to a season as well as a distinct pause or interruption. Cherry blossoms and swallows might refer to spring; red maple leaves and deer usually imply autumn. These seasonal allusions emphasize the essence of haiku: nature and its ephemeral beauty. The graceful, evocative haiku featured here were composed by the renowned Japanese haiku masters of the past four hundred years, including Matsuo Basho, Taniguchi Buson, and Kobayashi Issa. The deceptively simple poems - rendered in English with Japanese calligraphies and transliterations - are paired with exquisite eighteenth- or nineteenth-century paintings and ukiyo-e prints and twentieth-century shin hanga woodcuts from the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Canada. With their depth and delicacy, wide range of subtle hues, and timehonored focus on landscapes, birds, and flowers, these artworks - like their haiku counterparts - quietly capture a moment in time.Product Identifiers
PublisherPomegranate Communications, Incorporated
ISBN-100764956108
ISBN-139780764956102
eBay Product ID (ePID)201342501
Product Key Features
Book TitleHaiku : Japanese Art and Poetry
Number of Pages80 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAsian / General, Poetry
Publication Year2010
IllustratorYes
GenreArt, Literary Criticism
AuthorBarry Till, Judith Patt, Michiko Warkentyne
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight18.9 oz.
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width8.4 in