On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho (Penguin Classics)
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| Management number | 233425331 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | US$3.48 | Model Number | 233425331 | ||
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Basho, 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 cherry blossom, the leaping frog, the summer moon or the winter snow - suggesting the smallness of human life in comparison to the vastness and drama of nature. Basho himself enjoyed solitude and a life free from possessions, and his haiku are the work of an observant eye and a meditative mind, uncluttered by materialism and alive to the beauty of the world around him.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Read more
| ASIN | 0140444599 |
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| ISBN10 | 9780140444599 |
| ISBN13 | 978-0140444599 |
| Edition | Reprint |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Penguin Classics |
| Dimensions | 7.76 x 5.08 x 0.26 inches |
| Grade level | 12 and up |
| Item Weight | 2.82 ounces |
| Reading age | 18 years and up |
| Print length | 92 pages |
| Publication date | January 7, 1986 |
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