Research Catalog

Title

Collected Haiku of Yosa Buson / translated by W.S. Merwin & Takako Lento.

Author

Yosa, Buson, 1716-1784.

Publication

Port Townsend, Washington : Copper Canyon Press, [2013]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-2019
• Lento, Takako

Description

xviii, 247 pages; 23 cm

Subjects

• Haiku
• 1600 - 1868
• Japanese poetry > Edo period
• Translations
• Haiku > Translations into English
• Japanese poetry > Edo period, 1600-1868 > Translations into English

Genre/Form

Translations.

Contents

Collected Haiku of Master Buson -- Preface 5 -- Spring: The New Year 7 -- The Bush Warbler 7 -- Weeping Willows 10 -- Plum Trees in Flower 11 -- Early Spring 15 -- The Servants' Holiday 16 -- Spring Air 17 -- The Rivers in Spring 21 -- Spring Rain 13 -- Camellias 27 -- Five Grains Day 27 -- Mud Snails 29 -- After the Geese Have Gone 29 -- Pheasants 32 -- Spring Day 36 -- Swallows 37 -- Spring Breeze 38 -- Frogs 39 -- New Life 41 -- Azaleas 43 -- Doll Festival 45 -- Peach Blossoms 46 -- A Kite 47 -- Cherry Blossoms 48 -- Spring Twilight 56 -- Pear Blossoms 58 -- Wisteria 58 -- Mustard Flowers 59 -- The End of Spring 60 -- Summer: Summer Clothes 64 -- The Little Cuckoo 66 -- Peonies 69 -- The Call of the Cuckoo 71 -- Short Summer Nights 74 -- Summer Flowers and Fruit 77 -- Mosquitoes 81 -- Early Summer 84 -- Marinated Sushi 87 -- The Path through Wild Roses 89 -- Summertime 90 -- The May Rain 94 -- Summer Visitors 96 -- Summer Afternoon 98 -- Cormorant Fishermen 100 -- A Summer Retreat 101 -- Summer Grass and Flowers 104 -- Lotus 105 -- Praying for Rain 106 -- Summer Moon 107 -- Melon Shed 108 -- Sweet Amazake Brew 109 -- Cicadas 110 -- Sachet 111 -- Fans 112 -- Gion Festival 113 -- By the River 114 -- Summer Shower 116 -- Poverty 117 -- Towering Clouds 118 -- Late Summer Heat 119 -- Arrowroot Water 120 -- Hot Summer Days 121 -- Summer Ceremonies 122 -- Autumn: Autumn 124 -- Bon Festival to Honor Ancestors' Souls 127 -- Lightning 129 -- Sumo Festival 130 -- Wildflowers in Autumn 131 -- Dew 135 -- Autumn Deepens 137 -- The Moon 139 -- Insects 140 -- The Harvest Moon 142 -- The Stag 147 -- Autumn Evening 149 -- Gourds 152 -- Scarecrows 153 -- Buckwheat 155 -- Autumn Views 156 -- Bass 157 -- Birds 158 -- Autumn Travels 160 -- Autumn Night 161 -- Pounding Cloth 163 -- Cold Autumn 164 -- September 13th Moon 166 -- Chrysanthemums 167 -- Red Maples 169 -- Rice Paddies 171 -- Cold Autumn Nights 173 -- Fond Memories 175 -- Sweet Acorns 176 -- Hot Red Peppers 176 -- Holly Branches 177 -- Hunting for Mushrooms 178 -- The End of Autumn 178 -- Winter: Winter Rain 181 -- Hibernation 183 -- Bedclothes in Winter 184 -- Winter Ceremonies 186 -- Tea Flowers 187 -- Tea Ceremonies 188 -- Plovers-Water Birds 189 -- Winter Flowers 191 -- Cold Nights 193 -- Fields in Winter 195 -- Leaves Falling 198 -- Eating Blowfish 200 -- Winter Cold 202 -- Hoods 210 -- Paper Robes 210 -- Head Covering 211 -- Kabuki Theater 212 -- Winter Solstice 213 -- Narcissus 213 -- Bare Days of Winter 214 -- Winter Trees 216 -- Chants and Gongs at Night 217 -- The Fire Festival 219 -- In the Cold 219 -- Eight Verses on a Humble Life 220 -- Hail 222 -- Dried Salmon 223 -- Winter Plum Blossoms 224 -- Winter Moon 223 -- Ascetics in the Cold 226 -- Wild Flesh 227 -- Year's End 229 -- Postscript 233 -- Haishi -- In mourning for Hokuju, the Elder Hermit 237 -- Songs of Spring Breeze over Kema Bank 239 -- Song of the Yodo 245.

Call Number

JFE 15-4267

ISBN

• 9781556594274 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1556594275 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9781556594267 (hbk.)
• 1556594267 (hbk.)

LCCN

• 2012045656
• 40022472789

OCLC

823742051

Author

Yosa, Buson, 1716-1784.

Title

Collected Haiku of Yosa Buson / translated by W.S. Merwin & Takako Lento.

Publisher

Port Townsend, Washington : Copper Canyon Press, [2013]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Chronological Term

1600 - 1868

Added Author

Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-2019, translator.

Lento, Takako, translator.

Other Standard Identifier

40022472789

Research Call Number

JFE 15-4267