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Soseki Natsume's Collected Haiku
1,000 Verses from Japan's Most Popular Writer (Bilingual English & Japanese Texts with Free Online Audio Readings of Each Poem)
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Soseki Natsume's Collected Haiku brings together 1,000 haikus by Soseki Natsume, compiled for the first time into one volume. Soseki Natsume is Japan's most popular writer, well-known in the West for his satirical novels such as I Am a Cat, Botchan, and Kokoro. However, he first...
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1,000 haiku by Soseki Natsume, collected into one volume for the first time!
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Soseki Natsume's Collected Haiku brings together 1,000 haikus by Soseki Natsume, compiled for the first time into one volume.
Soseki Natsume is Japan's most popular writer, well-known in the West for his satirical novels such as I Am a Cat, Botchan, and Kokoro. However, he first gained recognition in Japan as a poet, having published hundreds of haikus over several decades. Until now, very few of these have been available in English.
Soseki Natsume's Collected Haiku presents 1,000 of the author's most famous verses, selected and translated by Erik Lofgren, a leading expert on Soseki. The poems are organised into chapters that correspond to the five traditional Japanese seasons: New Year's, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.
In these poems, Soseki delves into themes ranging from wabi-sabi Zen simplicity to his own personal experiences, including several years spent studying in England. His verses evoke the splendour of the natural world, the power of human emotions, and the serenity found in living a peaceful life.
Each poem is presented in the original Japanese, alongside a Romanized version and an English translation. Audio recordings of both the English and Japanese versions are available online.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9784805318454
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 15 April 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Tuttle Publishing
Illustration: 1,000 haiku in the original Japanese script, Romanized text and English translation
Contributors:
- Translated by Erik Lofgren
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 312
About the Author
Soseki Natsume was born in Tokyo in 1867 and attended prestigious University of Tokyo before working as an English teacher for a time. He went to London for three years in 1900 on a government literary scholarship, where he developed a love for Shakespeare. Returning to take up a position at his alma mater, his writing career began with I Am a Cat in 1905. Botchan followed in 1906 and these remain his most popular works, along with Kokoro. Soseki enjoyed great popularity during his lifetime, and when Japanese readers and critics are asked today which author they most admire, Soseki's name always appears at the top of the list. Erik Lofgren is Professor of East Asian Studies at Bucknell University where he teaches classes on Japanese language, literature, and film. He has published several works on the poetry of Umezaki Haruo, works of fiction by Furui Yoshikichi and Ooka Shohei, and the films Rashomon and Shin Gojira.
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