Basho,one of the greatest of Japanese poets and the master of haiku,was also a Buddhist monk and a life-long traveller. His poems combine'karumi',or lightness of touch,with the Zen ideal of oneness with creation. Each poem evokes the natural world - the cherry blossom,the leaping frog,the summer moon or the winter snow - suggesting the smallness of human life in comparison to the vastness and drama of nature.Basho himself enjoyed solitude and a life free from possessions,and his haiku are the work of an observant eye and a meditative mind,uncluttered by materialism and alive to the beauty of the world around him.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780140444599Number of pages: 96Weight: 79 gDimensions: 200 x 130 x 6 mm
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