{"product_id":"9780520400733","title":"Basho : The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho (Collector's Edition) by Andrew Fitzsimons","description":"A lavish collector's edition of the complete poems of eminent Japanese master of the haiku, Matsuo Basho-?with a new index that contains the full Japanese text of the original poems.    Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) is arguably the greatest figure in the history of Japanese literature and the master of the haiku. Basho: The Complete Haiku?of Matsuo Basho offers in English a full picture of the haiku of Basho, 980 poems in all.    ? In Fitzsimons's beautiful rendering, Basho is much more than a philosopher of the natural world and the leading exponent of a refined Japanese sensibility. He is also a poet of queer love and eroticism; of the city as well as the country, the indoors and the outdoors, travel and staying put; of lonesomeness as well as the desire to be alone. Basho: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho reveals how this work speaks to our concerns today as much as it captures a Japan emerging from the Middle Ages. For dedicated scholars and those coming upon Basho for the first time, this beautiful collector's edition of Fitzsimons's elegant award-winning translation, with the original Japanese (including kanji, hiragana, and katakana), allows readers to enjoy these works in all their glory.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56290439463285,"sku":"9780520400733","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780520400733.jpg?v=1762732002","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780520400733","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}