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The Spring of My Life

And Selected Haiku

The Spring of My Life( )
Author: Issa, Kobayashi
ISBN:978-1-57062-144-4
Publication Date:Oct 1997
Publisher:Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $19.95
Book Description:

Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), along with Basho and Buson, is considered one of the three greatest haiku poets of Japan, known for his attention to poignant detail and his playful sense of humor. Issa's most-loved work, The Spring of My Life, is an autobiographical sketch of linked prose and haiku in the tradition of Basho's famous Narrow Road to the Interior. In addition to The Spring of My Life, the translator has included more than 160 of Issa's best...
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Book Details
Pages:188
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Literary
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.46 x 8.385 x 0.663 Inches
Book Weight:0.554 Pounds
Author Biography
Issa, Kobayashi (Author)
An important haiku poet of the Edo Period, Issa wrote in the style of Basho, but cultivated a particular simplicity of expression and emotion. His was a life of hardship filled with personal tragedies, and yet his writings reveal an unexpected streak of humor. His literary output, not large, is divided between collections of haiku and diaries based either on his travels throughout Japan or events in his family life.

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