The first major translation of the haiku poet Chiyo-ni, this books contains over 100 haiku, presented in both Japanese script and romaji, with an English translation.
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The first major translation of the haiku poet Chiyo-ni, this books contains over 100 haiku, presented in both Japanese script and romaji, with an English translation.
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Seller's Description:
Very good. No jacket. Spine is slightly sunned, but legibility is not affected. Cover edges are slightly worn. Top and bottom edges are lightly stained, but readability is not impacted. Inside is unmarked.
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Good. Wear to cover. Text appears unmarked. Text in Japanese, English. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 280 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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Good. No jacket. First Edition. Spine is shaken, but binding is secure. Cover is worn. Bottom corner of pages 1-21 are creased, but inside is otherwise clean and unmarked.
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Seller's Description:
Near Fine. 280 pp. including Notes and Bibliography. A wee bit of shelfwear and very very light rubbing to corners, previous owner's name and address to half-title page. Overall, tight and bright copy of this quite scarce first book in English on a woman haiku poet. First book in English on a woman Haiku poet. "Chiyo-ni (1703-1775) also known as Kaga no Chiyo, is perhaps Japan's most celebrated female haiku poet. A student of two of Basho's disciples, she worked in an age when haiku was largely a male domain. As a poet, painter, and Buddhist nun, she lived a vibrant life while creating poems of crystalline clarity and delicate sensuality. "...more than one hundred translations of her finest seasonal haiku, renku (linked verse), and haibun (travel poems). Most of the poems appear here for the first time in English..."
