{"product_id":"haiku-judith-patt-9780764956102","title":"Haiku: Japanese Art and Poetry","description":"The graceful, evocative haiku featured here were composed by the renowned Japanese haiku masters of the past four hundred years, including Matsuo Bash, Taniguchi Buson, and Kobayashi Issa. The deceptively simple poemsrendered in English with Japanese calligraphies and transliterationsare paired with exquisite eighteenth- or nineteenth-century paintings and ukiyo-e prints and twentieth-century shin hanga woodcuts from the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Canada. Haiku: Japanese Art and Poetry presents thirty-five pairs of poems and images, organized seasonally. The Introduction details the origin and development of haiku, the lives of the most famous poets, and the obstacles faced when translating the concise yet complex lines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Judith Patt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0764956108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780764956102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pomegranate Communications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 8.36w x 0.61d","brand":"Judith Patt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054980395263,"sku":"9780764956102","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0da330c5-287d-4471-a43c-481977d21b0f.jpg?v=1685033092","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/haiku-judith-patt-9780764956102","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}