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On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho (Penguin Classics) by Matsuo, Bashō;Stryk, Lucien is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Translated from the Japanese with an Introduction by Lucien Stryk Basho, one of the greatest of Japanese poets and the master of haiku, was also a Buddhist monk and a life-long traveller. His poems combine 'karumi', or lightness of touch, with the Zen ideal of oneness with creation. Each poem evokes the natural world - the cherry blossom, the leaping frog, the summer moon or the winter snow - suggesting the smallness of human life in comparison to the vastness and drama of nature. Basho himself enjoyed solitude and a life free from possessions, and his haiku are the work of an observant eye and a meditative mind, uncluttered by materialism and alive to the beauty of the world around him.

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Author

Matsuo, Bashō;Stryk, Lucien

Publisher

Penguin Books, Limited

Published

1985

Language

EN

ISBN

9780824810122

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Poetry, Literary Fiction, Asian Poetry

Rating

4.34 / 5 (657 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14