Basho: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho by Basho (English) Paperback Book

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Basho

by Basho, Andrew Fitzsimons

This is the essential English edition of the complete poems of the eminent Japanese master of the haiku, Matsuo Bash.
 
Matsuo Bash (1644–1694) is arguably the greatest figure in the history of Japanese literature and the master of the haiku. Bash: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Bash offers in English a full picture of the haiku of Bash, 980 poems in all. Andrew Fitzsimons' translation is the first to adhere strictly to form: all of the poems are translated following the syllabic count of the originals. This book also translates a number of Bash's headnotes to poems ignored by previous English-language translators.
 
In Fitzsimons' beautiful rendering, Bash is much more than a philosopher of the natural world and the leading exponent of a refined Japanese sensibility. He is also a poet of queer love and eroticism; of the city as well as the country, the indoors and the outdoors, travel and staying put; of lonesomeness as well as the desire to be alone.

His poetry explores the full range of social experience in Edo Japan as he moved among friends and followers high and low, the elite and the demi-monde, the less fortunate: poor farmers, abandoned children, disregarded elders. Bash: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Bash reveals how this work speaks to our concerns today as much as it captures a Japan emerging from the Middle Ages. For dedicated scholars and those coming upon Bash for the first time, Fitzsimons' elegant translation—with an insightful introduction and helpful notes—allows readers to enjoy these works in all their glory.
 

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"Haiku, known in the West for its brevity, would be better served if valued for its spatial radiance. Andrew Fitzsimons' collection presents spare engaging translations with notes on literary allusion, double meanings, and autobiographical detail. These notes are not interpretations. Rather, they are gifts for your journey, should you care to accept. A uniquely wonderful anthology."--Kimiko Hahn, poet and author of Foreign Bodies "'You must put into words the light in which you see something before that light vanishes.' Such was the attitude out of which, phrase by phrase, Basho's poems were created. Before the light emitted by each phrase of each poem in Japanese disappears, Fitzsimons carries it across into English. Basho's Complete Haiku is an extraordinary achievement."--Takahashi Mutsuo, poet and author of Twelve Views from the Distance "A breath of fresh air in the middle of a chaotic world. Fitzsimons has done a beautiful job showing the uniqueness, drama, and playfulness of Basho's originals."--Jeffrey Angles, poet and translator of Killing Kanoko: Selected Poetry of Hiromi Ito and Forest of Eyes: Selected Poems of Tada Chimako "This complete set of Basho's haiku, brilliantly translated and annotated by Andrew Fitzsimons, makes the poet's work in the context of his life understandable as it never has been before in English. This book marks a moment of huge significance in world poetry."--Bernard O'Donoghue, University of Oxford

Author Biography

Andrew Fitzsimons is Professor of English Language and Cultures at Gakushuin University, Tokyo, and author of The Sea of Disappointment: Thomas Kinsella's Pursuit of the Real, as well as three books of poetry.

Bash (1644–1694) is the greatest poet of Japan and one of the major figures of World Literature. His work has inspired haiku to become the most popular poetic form in the world.

Table of Contents

Contents

Bash Chronology
Introduction

THE POEMS

Acknowledgments
Glossary
Bibliography
Index of Poems in Japanese (Romaji)
Index of First Lines in Poems in English
Index of Names

Review

"A real landmark publication. . . . In this endlessly rewarding work of scholarship, skill and devotion we find a Bash not just as he is customarily seen – a philosopher poet of nature – but very much as a man of the world." * RTÉ *
"A comprehensive exploration of the writer and man crucial to Japan's literary history. . . . Fitzsimons' translations are fresh and unexpected." * Japan Times *

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"A real landmark publication. . . . In this endlessly rewarding work of scholarship, skill and devotion we find a Basho not just as he is customarily seen - a philosopher poet of nature - but very much as a man of the world."

Details ISBN0520385586 Author Andrew Fitzsimons Short Title Basho Publisher University of California Press Language English ISBN-10 0520385586 ISBN-13 9780520385580 Format Paperback Subtitle The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho Imprint University of California Press Place of Publication Berkerley Country of Publication United States Pages 472 Year 2022 Publication Date 2022-10-25 NZ Release Date 2022-10-25 US Release Date 2022-10-25 UK Release Date 2022-10-25 Translator Andrew Fitzsimons Illustrations 1 table DEWEY 895.6132 Audience Professional & Vocational Series World Literature in Translation AU Release Date 2022-12-21

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