Writing & Reading Haiku

By Paul Elliott

Lesson 2: Basho, Buson, Issa and Shiki

Resources

RH Blyth, Haiku: Eastern Culture, (Hokuseido, 1950) RH Blyth, Haiku: Spring, (Hokuseido, 1950) Lucien Stryk, Basho: On Love and Barley, (Penguin, 1985) Makoto Ueda, Matsuo basho, (Kodansha, 1970) Fabian Bowers, The Classic Tradition of Haiku, (Dover, 1996) Geoffrey Bownas and Anthony Thwaite, The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse, (Penguin, 1987) James Kirkup, Paper Windows, (Dent, 1968)

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Lessons

Introduction
Lesson 1: The Historical Development of Haiku
Lesson 2: Basho, Buson, Issa and Shiki
• Introduction
• Basho
• Buson
• Issa
• Shiki
• Writing Exercise
• Resources
Lesson 3: Zen and the Art of Haiku
Lesson 4: Blyth and Western Haiku