The Year of My Life: A Translation of Issa's Oraga Haru

Issa, Kobayashi

Literature & Fiction

University of California Press

The year of my life. A translation of Issa's Oraga Haru by Nobuyuki Yuasa.  An autobiography in haibun - a mixed form of haiku and prose. Hardcover, 1942 pages, 140 of which are numbered, followed by two postscripts.

History & Criticism

<p>An autobiographical blend of prose and haiku from one of Japan's greatest poets.\nKobayashi Issa (1763–1827), along with Bashō and Buson, is considered one of the three greatest haiku poets of Japan, known for his attention to poignant detail and playful sense of humor. Issa’s most beloved work, The Spring of My Life, is an autobiographical sketch of linked prose and haiku in the tradition of Bashō’s celebrated Narrow Road to the Interior. This edition also includes more than 160 of Issa’s most revered haiku and an introduction that provides essential background on Issa’s life as well as valuable information on translating (and reading) haiku.\nThis book is part of the Shambhala Pocket Library series.\nThe Shambhala Pocket Library is a collection of short, portable teachings from notable figures across religious traditions and classic texts. The covers in this series are rendered by Colorado artist Robert Spellman. The books in this collection distill the wisdom and heart of the work Shambhala Publications has published over 50 years into a compact format that is collectible, reader-friendly, and applicable to everyday life.</p>

The Spring of My Life: And Selected Haiku (Shambhala Pocket Library)

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Shambhala

Dragonfly Haiku gathers over one hundred haiku, all pertaining directly or indirectly to dragonflies, by three authors. Here, new English translations of classical haiku by Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa converse with modern haiku by poet scientists Ken Tennessen and Scott King. Eleven of the Issa poems have been annotated and printed with the original Japanese text.  "A delightful little book in which two contemporary poets join Issa for a nature walk, celebrating the life and moods of a remarkable insect through the timeless, one-breath art of haiku."  – David G. Lanoue, former President of the Haiku Society of America and author of Issa and the Meaning of Animals “This little book of haiku is a rich store of thought-provoking commentary on all aspects of dragonfly life. Poetically presented but nonetheless to the point, each haiku evokes a picture of these wonderful insects and, no less, the gifted people who study them.”  – Dennis Paulson, author of the Princeton Field Guides Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West and Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East "Dragonfly Haiku is drop-dead delightful. I would buy this book for the pleasures of its design, alone; or the clean and joyful translations of Issa; or the dragonfly haiku by Tennessen; or the dragonfly haiku by King. Taken together, the book offers more fun, almost, than a person can stand. There's one haiku after another I wish I had written. I confess to reading straight through like some kind of haikuholic, but I'll be going back to give each haiku, each dragonfly, the attention it deserves. And I'll also buy copies for friends."  – Bart Sutter, first Poet Laureate of Duluth and author of Chester Creek Ravine: Haiku

Dragonfly Haiku

KING, SCOTT

Tennessen, Ken

Poetry

Red Dragonfly Press

Issa haiku collection (Iwanami Bunko) [Paperback Bunko]

Kazuhiko Maruyama

Iwanami Shoten

Bajo la sombra silvestre de un naranjo: Una pizca de poemas japoneses (Spanish Edition)

Saigyō

Bashō, Matsuo

Buson, Yosa

Shikibu, Izumi

Ryokan

Buson

Trevizo, Édgar

Sodo, Yamaguchi

Literary

Medusa Editores

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