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Haiku Master Buson

Haiku Master Buson is the only translation of the work of this important haiku poet in English. Buson (1716 — 1783), along with Basho and Issa, is recognized as one of the three Japanese masters of the haiku. In addition to a large selection of haiku, the book also includes a selection of Buson’s prose and a critical introduction.

Edith Shiffert is a poet who has lived in Kyoto, Japan, since the 1960s. Her most recent volume is titled Pathways.

The late Yuki Sawa was a professor at Kyoto Seika University.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 256
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781893996816
  • Genres
  • poetry, japan
  • Release date
  • 2007