{"product_id":"collected-haiku-of-yosa-buson-9781556594267","title":"Collected Haiku of Yosa Buson","description":"\u003ch2\u003eComplete Bilingual Collection of Yosa Buson's Haiku\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first complete bilingual (Japanese\/English) translation of the \u003ci\u003eBuson Kushu\u003c\/i\u003e, a comprehensive collection of the haiku of Yosa Buson (1716-1783). Acclaimed translators W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento worked for a decade to render these poems into English-language versions as luminous as the original Japanese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Yosa Buson's Poetry\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBuson's haiku brim with paradox: they are bawdy yet delicate, sparse yet powerful. One of the great poets of Japan's Edo period, Buson's work is technically adroit and finely attuned to visual details. A true maverick of interdisciplinary arts, Buson was also founder of the \u003ci\u003ehaiga\u003c\/i\u003e—a small watercolor or black-and-white painting bordered by a haiku.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"187\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ekeisei wa\u003cbr\u003enochi no yo kakete\u003cbr\u003ehanami kana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCourtesans come out\u003cbr\u003eto see the cherry blossoms\u003cbr\u003eas though they were betting on their next life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eCritical Acclaim\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Lovers of haiku will rejoice at the arrival of this book, the first complete translation of the collected haiku of Yosa Buson...rendered into English with obvious care and devotion...Through Buson we realize what haiku is best at expressing--this moment's experience, bare facts, simple observations, elegant statements of 'thus-ness.'\"—\u003ci\u003eInquiring Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Having W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento as co-translators of this book is close to ideal, and this is the best English translation of haiku that has ever been published. Their English translations are accurate and poetic and there is nothing better for introducing this great poet.\"—Donald Keene, \u003ci\u003eAnahorish Japanese Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"For a translator to be faithful and readable, as Mr. Merwin always is, is no small achievement.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Translators\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eW.S. Merwin\u003c\/b\u003e was US Poet Laureate from 2010-11 and won his second Pulitzer Prize for \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow of Sirius\u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon Press, 2009) and the National Book Award for \u003ci\u003eMigration: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon Press, 2005). Author and translator of over fifty books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCo-translator \u003cb\u003eTakako Lento\u003c\/b\u003e holds an MFA in poetry and translation from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her publications include book-length Japanese translations of American writers as well as English translations of, and essays on, Japanese poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn essential volume of world literature for lovers of haiku, Japanese poetry, and contemplative reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50681144049938,"sku":"9781556594267","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_505ffe94-04ea-40e1-b0fa-29370b303543.jpg?v=1733949758","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/collected-haiku-of-yosa-buson-9781556594267","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}