Haiku inspirations

"Translations of more than 50 haiku accompanied by sympathetic landscape photographs, woodcut prints and calligraphy irresistibly capture the spirit of old Japan. The book traces the evolution of haiku from courtly accomplishments in Kyoto during the Heian period (9th to 12th centuries) to the work of the great haiku poets of the 17th to 19th centuries..."--Jacket.