A bilingual edition in English and Japanese with colour illustrations of one of the most famous works in Japanese literature. In the account which he named the...
By combining the ideals of "karumi" - lightness of touch - and oneness with nature Basho rose above the artificiality of previous haiku poets to master of the genre. A follower...
Behind the life and work, the prose and poetry, of a literary genius. Whilst Basho has been considered one of the most important haiku poets, he also wrote in other styles. In his...
Known to many as the study of quiet stillness and introspection, Zen Buddhism distinguishes itself through brilliant flashes of insight and its terseness...
A collection of the finest poems, paintings and calligraphy of Kodojin (1865-1944). In the literary and artistic milieu of early modern Japan, where...
While the rise of the charmingly simple, brilliantly evocative haiku is often associated with the seventeenth-century master poet Matsuo Basho, the form...
This humerous, illustrated collection of 150 haiku poems captures the psyche of cats and distills the essence of kitty behaviour. A cat's unneutered thoughts...
Basho stands today as Japan's most renowned writer and one of its most revered. Every new student of haiku soon learns that Basho was the greatest of the old...
New edition. This anthology brings together the best classical Japanese haiku. Virtually reinvented and immortalised by the 17th century poet Basho, haiku at...
The haiku poem is a perfect way of capturing a moment of experience or a fleeting impression. This selection of Japanese poems, paired with exquisite paintings and prints of animal life, celebrates...