A House By Itself: Selected Haiku of Shiki (Companions for the Journey, 25) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1945680091 ISBN 13: 9781945680090

Publisher: White Pine Press, 2017

Synopsis

"Shiki's distinctive vision and direct expression make a tone recognizably his own, conveyed beautifully in these pages' translations. We hear Shiki's haiku as the voice of a friend bringing complex news in a few intimate words. These haiku are drawn from a world that feels close to our own, and they bring our own lives and world closer. Shiki's poems are necessary and delicious as mountain water, carrying the mountain's hidden minerals from inside it to inside us." —Jane Hirshfield, author of The Heart of Haiku and The Ink Dark Moon

Last year's dream
I wake to this year's
reality

Shiki is considered by the Japanese as one of the masters of haiku. He radically reformed the haiku, suggesting "sketching from life" as an aesthetic.

About this title

About the Author:

Noriko Kawasaki Martinez: Noriko Kawasaki Martinez was born in Osaka, Japan. She majored in English Literature at the Kansai University, Osaka (1970- 1973), was manager and instructor of the HANA English School, Osaka (1976-1982), and translator for the Cultural Center of La Jolla, San Diego, California (1983).

About this edition

• Publisher: White Pine Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1945680091
• ISBN 13: 9781945680090
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120