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MONKEY'S RAINCOAT : SARUMINO : Linked Poetry of the Basho School with Haiku Selections
by Lenore Mayhew (Translator from the Japanese to English)
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0804815003
- ISBN 13
- 9780804815000
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About This Item
Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Publishing, 1989. 1st Edition, 1st Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Archival Illustrations. Text/NEW & Bright. 1989, First Edition, 1st Printing. Gilt embossed sienna linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF; price clipped. Gift inscription to first title page. Anthology of 4 renga poems (linked-poems, in the sense collaborative poetry) from 1690 haiku master Basho (1644-1694) & followers of his school. A genre believed to have begun between just two, evolved to be a favorite of Japan's 15th century imperial court producing standard formats of 100 stanzas. First published 1691, this anthology contains 4 regas (each addressing a season of the year, w/selected 40 haikus; here translated to English by Lenore Mayhew . 151 pgs, w/archival illustrations, presented w/romanized Japanese along w/the English. Contents are: 1, Introduction; 2, Biographies of contributing poets; 3, Linked Poems: a, Winter Rain (Hatsushigured); b, Summer Moon (Natsu no Tsuki); c, Autumn Cricket (Kirigirisu); and d, Grass & Plum (Ume Wakana); 4, Haiku Selections, followed by Notes to the Poems, and Index to Poets (which are many).
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- Title
- MONKEY'S RAINCOAT : SARUMINO : Linked Poetry of the Basho School with Haiku Selections
- Author
- Lenore Mayhew (Translator from the Japanese to English)
- Illustrator
- Archival Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition, 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0804815003
- ISBN 13
- 9780804815000
- Publisher
- Charles E. Tuttle Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Rutland, Vermont
- Date Published
- 1989
- Pages
- 151
- Keywords
- Anthology, English translation of Japanese Poetry, Renga, Basho School
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