Addiss, Stephen

Contains 120 haiku about all types of animals, large and small; accompanied by over forty-eight woodblock prints.

Contains 143 haiku about people in the three stages of childhood, maturity, and old age; accompanied by over forty-six woodblock prints.

Discusses the history and art forms of haiku poetry and paintings.

A selection of Japanese haiku written between the 1600s and the late twentieth century, complemented by reproductions of woodblock prints. Includes short biographies of featured poets.