Haiku Before Haiku: From the Renga Masters to Basho (Translations from the Asian Classics)

While The Rise Of The Charmingly Simple, Brilliantly Evocative Haiku Is Often Associated With The Seventeenth-century Japanese Poet Matsuo Basho, The Form Had Already Flourished For More Than Four Hundred Years Before Basho Even Began To Write. These Early Poems, Known As Hokku, Are Identical To Haiku In Syllable Count And Structure But Function Differently As A Genre. Whereas Each Haiku Is Its Own Constellation Of Image And Meaning, A Hokku Opens A Series Of Linked, Collaborative Stanzas In A Sequence Called Renga. Machine Generated Contents Note: The Poems -- The Nun Abutsu -- Musho -- Zenna -- Reizei Tamesuke -- Muso Soseki -- Junkaku -- Gusai -- Nijo Yoshimoto -- Shua -- Soa -- Asayama Bonto -- Mitsuhiro -- Fushiminomiya Sadafusa -- Chiun -- Takayama Sozei -- Gyojo -- Noa -- Shinkei -- Senjun -- Sugiwara Soi -- Sogi -- Hino Tomiko -- Emperor Go-tsuchimikado -- Ouchi Masahiro -- Inko -- Shohaku -- Sakurai Motosuke -- Socho -- Inawashiro Kensai -- Sanjonishi Sanetaka -- Soseki -- Reizei Tamekazu -- Tani Soboku -- Shukei -- Soyo -- Arakida Moritake -- Shokyu -- Ikkado Joa -- Sanjonishi Kin'eda -- Miyoshi Chokei -- Satomura Joha -- Satomura Shoshitsu -- Oka Kosetsu -- Hosokawa Yusai -- Satomura Genjo -- Matsudaira Ietada -- Shotaku -- Nishinoto'in Tokiyoshi -- Matsunaga Teitoku -- Wife Of Mitsusada -- Miura Tamenori -- Nishiyama Soin -- Nojun -- Konishi Raizan -- Matsuo Basho. Translated, With An Introduction By Steven D. Carter. Includes Bibliographical References. Translated From The Japanese.