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Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death by Yoel Hoffmann
RRP: $27.28$18.06Although the consciousness of death is, in most cultures, very much a part of life, this is perhaps nowhere more true than in Japan, where the approach of death has given rise to a centuries-old tradition of writing jisei, or the death poem. Such a poem... -
Seasons of Sacred Lust by Kazuko Shiraishi 9780811206785
RRP: $20.98$16.61Seasons of Sacred Lust is Kazuko Shiraishi's challenge to the conventions of Japanese erotic poetry. Born in Vancouver, Canada, Shiraishi was taken to Japan by her family just prior to World War II, and her first poetry (written at age seventeen,... -
The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Basho
RRP: $18.88$13.55'It was with aweThat I beheldFresh leaves, green leaves,Bright in the sun'When the Japanese haiku master Basho composed The Narrow Road to the Deep North, he was an ardent student of Zen Buddhism, setting off on a series of travels designed to strip away... -
On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho by Matsuo Basho
RRP: $16.78$12.16Basho, one of the greatest of Japanese poets and the master of haiku, was also a Buddhist monk and a life-long traveller. His poems combine 'karumi', or lightness of touch, with the Zen ideal of oneness with creation. Each poem evokes the natural world -... -
The Penguin Book of Haiku by Adam L. Kern
RRP: $27.28$19.09'A revelation' Sunday Times, Books of the Year 2018The first Penguin anthology of Japanese haiku, in vivid new translations by Adam L. Kern. Now a global poetry, the haiku was originally a Japanese verse form that flourished from the sixteenth to... -
One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Treasury of Classical Japanese Verse by Peter Macmillan
RRP: $23.08$16.32A new edition of the most widely known and popular collection of Japanese poetry.The best-loved and most widely read of all Japanese poetry collections, the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu contains 100 short poems on nature, the seasons, travel, and, above all,... -
The Poems of Nakahara Chuya by Nakahara Chuya 9780852442555
$21.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780852442555Author Nakahara ChuyaFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint GracewingPublisher Gracewing -
The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse by Anthony Thwaite
RRP: $27.28$19.09Poetry remains a living part of the culture of Japan today. The cliches of everyday speech are often to be traced to famous ancient poems, and the traditional forms of poetry are widely known and loved. The congenial attitude comes from a poetical... -
Japanese Haiku Poems by Peter Washington
RRP: $25.20$17.72Once confined to a literary elite in Japan, haiku are now written all over the world by poets who find their combination of brevity, technical discipline and expressive content irresistible. This collection brings together hundreds of poems by Japanese... -
The Tales of Ise by Peter Macmillan
RRP: $27.28$19.09One of the three seminal works of Japanese literature, this beautiful collection of poems and tales offers an unparalleled insight into ancient Japan.Along with the Tale of Genji and One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each, The Tales of Ise is considered one of... -
Ikkyu: Crow With No Mouth: 15th Century Zen Master by Stephen Berg
RRP: $35.70$17.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556591525Author Stephen BergFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Copper Canyon Press,U.S.Publisher Copper Canyon Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 113g -
A Beginner's Guide to Japanese Haiku: Major Works by Japan's Best-Loved Poets - From Basho and Issa to Ryokan and Santoka, with Works by Six Women Poets (Free Online Audio) by William Scott Wilson
RRP: $31.48$24.51An old pond;a frog jumps in:the sound of water - Basho This comprehensive introduction to Japan's best-loved haiku poets is the perfect book for anyone wanting to learn about haiku. Compiled and with commentary by renowned author and translator William... -
The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Basho 9780241382615
RRP: $31.48$23.00In his perfectly crafted haiku poems, Basho described the natural world with great simplicity and delicacy of feeling. When he composed The Narrow Road to the Deep North he was a serious student of Zen Buddhism setting off on a series of travels designed... -
The Kojiki: An Account of Ancient Matters by Gustav Heldt 9780231163897
RRP: $52.50$41.14Japan's oldest surviving narrative, the eighth-century Kojiki, chronicles the mythical origins of its islands and their ruling dynasty through a diverse array of genealogies, tales, and songs that have helped to shape the modern nation's views of its... -
The Tale of the Heike by Royall Tyler 9780143107262
RRP: $42.00$30.85The Tale of the Heike is Japan's great martial epic: a masterpiece of world literature and the progenitor of all samurai stories. This major and groundbreaking new Penguin translation is by Royall Tyler, acclaimed translator of The Tale of Genji. ... -
Lips too Chilled by Matsuo Basho
RRP: $6.30$5.23'Nothing more lonely -' A selection of Basho's most magical haikuIntroducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world... -
Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings by Matsuo Basho
RRP: $20.98$14.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611806892Author Matsuo BashoFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
Basho: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho by Basho
RRP: $31.48$23.69This is the essential English edition of the complete poems of the eminent Japanese master of the haiku, Matsuo Basho. Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) is arguably the greatest figure in the history of Japanese literature and the master of the haiku. Basho:... -
The Ink Dark Moon by Izumi Shikibu
RRP: $23.08$16.32Here is a collection of sexy, brief, fleeting poems about love, lust and longing. They originate from a time in Japanese history where aristocratic women of the Heian court were free to marry and conduct love affairs according to their desires. Education... -
In Praise of Hands: Woodcuts by Naoko Matsubara - Poems by Penny Boxall Clare Pollard 9781910807446
RRP: $20.90$14.24This creative collaboration between artist Naoko Matsubara and poet Penny Boxall celebrates in words and colours the beauty and variety of the human hand. The series of dynamic woodcuts at the heart of this book was initially inspired by the... -
No Matter the Wreckage by Professor of French Literature Sarah Kay
RRP: $31.50$24.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938912481Author Sarah KayFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Write Bloody PublishingPublisher Write Bloody PublishingWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm)... -
No, Love Is Not Dead: An Anthology of Love Poetry from Around the World Chris McCabe 9781529338539
RRP: $27.28$18.06Silver Medal Winner for Poetry at the 2022 Nautilus Book Awards.A powerful new anthology depicting how love over the past two-and-a-half millennia has found its expression in the words of the world's greatest poets.No, Love Is Not Dead is a timely... -
Obit by Victoria Chang
RRP: $23.08$15.54Los Angeles Times Book PrizePEN Voelcker AwardAnisfield-Wolf Book PrizeNew York Times 100 Notable Books Time Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books NPR's Best Books National Book Award in Poetry, LonglistNational Book Critics Circle, FinalistGriffin Poetry... -
The Secret Traditions Of The Shinobi by Antony Cummins
RRP: $35.68$24.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583944356Author Antony CumminsFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Blue Snake BooksPublisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 346gDimensions(mm)... -
A White Tea Bowl by Mitsu Suzuki 9781930485358
RRP: $31.48$22.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781930485358Author Mitsu SuzukiFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Rodmell PressPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 210mm... -
Haiku David Cobb 9780714124018
RRP: $20.98$14.28Japanese Haiku has been a much-loved form of poetry for many centuries. Composed of 17 syllables, it can convey the essence of an emotion, a fleeting moment in nature, or a throwaway comment. This collection features 60 classic haiku by masters such as... -
Sky Above, Great Wind by Kazuaki Tanahashi 9781590309827
RRP: $35.68$24.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590309827Author Kazuaki TanahashiFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)... -
The Trees Witness Everything by Victoria Chang
RRP: $23.08$15.54A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2022'Impeccable, precise poems, sometimes shocking and strange, but always startling' Irish TimesA lover of strict form, best-selling poet Victoria Chang turns to compact Japanese waka, powerfully innovating on tradition while... -
The Zen Poems of Ryokan by Nobuyuki Yuasa
RRP: $67.20$52.00A poet-priest of the late Edo period, Ryokan (1758-1831) was the most important Japanese poet of his age. This volume contains not only the largest English translation yet made of his principal poems, but also an introduction that sets the poetry in its... -
Haiku Illustrated: Classic Japanese Short Poems by Hart Larrabee
RRP: $62.98$43.93Haiku - seventeen-syllable poems that evoke worlds despite their brevity - have captivated Japanese readers since the seventeenth century. Today the form is practiced worldwide and has become established as part of our common global heritage. This... -
Basho: The Complete Haiku by Matsuo Basho
RRP: $52.50$35.24Basho stands today as Japans most renowned writer, and one of the most revered. Wherever Japanese literature, poetry or Zen are studied, his oeuvre carries weight. Every new student of haiku quickly learns that Basho was the greatest of the Old Japanese... -
Haiku: Love Alan Cummings 9780714123394
RRP: $20.98$13.52Haiku poems about the natural world and the seasons are well known, but many poets have used the genre to capture the evocations of love. Combining elegant and restrained haiku with lively senryu poems, all aspects of romantic love are explored here with... -
Gazing at the Moon: Buddhist Poems of Solitude Saigyo Saigyo 9781611809428
RRP: $33.58$22.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611809428Author Saigyo SaigyoFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan by Burton Watson 9780231044158
RRP: $52.50$47.10Ryokan (1758-1831), a Buddhist monk in the Zen sect, was a major figure in Tokugawa poetry. Although a Zen master, he never headed a temple but chose to live alone in simple huts and to support himself by begging. His poems are mainly a record of his... -
The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems By Ono No Komachi And Izumi Shikibu by Jane Hishfield
RRP: $27.28$21.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679729587Author Ono no KomachiFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 198gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Basho: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho (Collector’s Edition) Basho 9780520400733
RRP: $48.30$35.13A lavish collector’s edition of the complete poems of eminent Japanese master of the haiku, Matsuo Bashō—with a new index that contains the full Japanese text of the original poems. Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) is arguably the greatest figure in the history... -
Poet to Poet: Contemporary Women Poets from Japan by Rina Kikuchi 9780648087854
RRP: $27.20$20.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648087854Author Rina KikuchiFormat PaperbackImprint Recent Work PressPublisher Recent Work PressWeight(grams) 336g -
Haiku (Volume I): Eastern Culture by R H Blyth 9781621387213
$42.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621387213Author R H BlythFormat PaperbackPage Count 502Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico PressWeight(grams) 649gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 28mm -
A Girl with Tangled Hair: The 399 tanka in Midaregami ? Tangled Hair by Akiko Yosano by Machiko Kobayashi 9780944676547
RRP: $31.50$26.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780944676547Author Machiko KobayashiFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint AHA BooksPublisher AHA BooksWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 13mm -
Poetry and Zen: Letters and Uncollected Writings of R. H. Blyth by R. H. Blyth
RRP: $56.70$37.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611809985Author R. H. BlythFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc