Basho, The Chief Poet of Japan and the Hokku, or Epigram Verses

About this film

LibriVox recording of Basho, The Chief Poet of Japan and the Hokku, or Epigram Verses by Matsuo Bashō. (Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain.) Read in English and Japanese by Rob Marland and ekzemplaro. During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as the greatest master of haiku (then called hokku). He is quoted as saying, “Many of my followers can write hokku as well as I can. Where I show who I really am is in linking haikai verses.” This short anthology of haiku by Bashō and his pupils features poetry in their original Japanese, with translations and commentary in English by Basil Hall Chamberlain, a professor of Japanese at Tokyo Imperial University. - Summary by Wikipedia and Rob Marland For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (15MB)

Directors & creators

Matsuo Bashō

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;Japan; Japanese; hokku; haiku

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