Japanese Haiku: Its Essential Nature and History

by Kenneth Yasuda

Overview

This is the most authoritative and concise book on Japanese haiku available: what it is, how it developed, and how it is practiced in both Japanese and English.

While many haiku collections are available to Western readers, few books combine both translated haiku with haiku written originally in English, along with an analysis of individual poems and of the haiku form itself. Written by a leading scholar in the field--Kenneth Yasuda was the first American to receive a doctorate in Japanese literature from Tokyo University--Japanese Haiku has been widely acclaimed.

This edition is completely repackaged for a digital format, and is the perfect book for lovers of poetry who do not have a solid background in haiku.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781462901999
Publisher:	Tuttle Publishing
Publication date:	08/30/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	735,280
Lexile:	1410L (what's this?)
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

	Foreword	ix
	Acknowledgments	xii
	Introduction	xvii
I	An Approach to Haiku	3
II	Basic Principles	10
1.	Aesthetic Attitude	11
2.	Aesthetic Experience	15
3.	Haiku Moment	31
III	Haiku Nature	34
1.	Form and Content	34
2.	Haiku Experience and Length	38
3.	Three Elements	52
	When	53
	Where	61
	What	62
4.	Relationship of the Three Elements	69
5.	Five-Seven-Five	78
IV	Crystallization	90
1.	Haiku Art	90
2.	Haiku Rhythm	103
3.	Rhyme in Haiku	118
4.	Alliteration in Haiku	127
	Initial Alliteration	128
	Stressed Alliteration	130
	Syllable Alliteration	131
	Oblique Alliteration	132
	Buried Alliteration	134
	Crossed Alliteration	135
5.	Assonance in Haiku	136
V	Historical View	139
1.	Poetic Forms	140
	Pre-Haiku Period	141
	Tanka Period	150
	Renga Period	161
2.	Seasonal Element	185
VI	The English Haiku: Conclusions	235
	Selected Haiku	241
	Notes	264
	Bibliography	282
	Index	289