{"product_id":"the-poetry-of-chiyo-ni-patricia-donegan-9784805318669","title":"The Poetry of Chiyo-Ni: The Life and Art of Japan's Most Celebrated Woman Haiku Master","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Patricia Donegan and Yoshie Ishibashi are to be deeply thanked for having given us with such articulate care a poetry major in any language and in any place or time.\"\u003c\/i\u003e --Robert Creeley, poet\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChiyo-ni (1703-1775), also known as Kaga no Chiyo, is Japan's most celebrated female haiku poet. A student of Basho's disciples, she worked in an age when haiku was largely a male domain. As a poet, painter, and Buddhist nun, she lived a vibrant life while creating poems of crystalline clarity and delicate sensuality. This volume presents more than one hundred of her finest seasonal haiku, renku (linked verse) and haibun (travel poems). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe collected poems include: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003emorning glory\u003cbr\u003ethe well bucket entangled\u003cbr\u003eI ask for water \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ea hundred gourds\u003cbr\u003efrom the heart\u003cbr\u003eof one vine \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003erouged lips \u003cbr\u003eforgotten--\u003cbr\u003eclear spring water \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese luminous, lucidly translated \"haiku moments\" give the reader an intimate experience of Chiyo-ni's remarkable vision--and bid us to stop and appreciate each moment of our lives. Handsomely illustrated with artwork by Chiyo-ni and others, the volume also includes illuminating essays on her life and art, informative notes, and a glossary of haiku-related terms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Donegan, Yoshie Ishibashi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 480531866X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9784805318669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tuttle Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Patricia Donegan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46571300684031,"sku":"9784805318669","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95986b5c-ba3b-4434-8370-8e68e15fc12a.jpg?v=1738807826","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-poetry-of-chiyo-ni-patricia-donegan-9784805318669","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}