Haiku Menagerie: Living Creatures in Poems and Prints

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Some 120 haiku by such masters as Basho, Issa, and Buson--all written on themes of animals, birds, and insects--are combined with the woodblock prints and paintings of such artists as Hokusai, Sesson, and Kano Tan 'yu. The poems appear both in skillful English translation, as well as the original Japanese. Lovely poems, lovely art, and lovely production by Weatherhill. A great gift. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.


Language Notes
Text: English, Japanese


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Some 120 haiku by such masters as Basho, Issa, and Buson--all written on themes of animals, birds, and insects--are combined with the woodblock prints and paintings of such artists as Hokusai, Sesson, and Kano Tan 'yu. The poems appear both in skillful English translation, as well as the original Japanese. Lovely poems, lovely art, and lovely production by Weatherhill. A great gift. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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