"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.
Presents new translations of more than fifty examples of Japanese haiku, and explores the history and influence of haiku from the Heian period to the great poets Bash?, Issa, and Shiki.
