Basho, The Chief Poet of Japan and the Hokku, or Epigram Verses (Authored by Matsuo Bash?)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306306 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Basho, The Chief Poet of Japan and the Hokku, or Epigram Verses Author: Matsuo Bash? Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 31 minutes Release date: February 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: During his lifetime, Bash? 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 Bash? 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 Board