Japanese Haiku

321 Pages·2011·1.16 MB·English

by  Yasuda, Kenneth

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The Japanese Haiku
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Japanese
Haiku
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K E N N E T H YA S U D A
TUTTLE PUBLISHING
BOSTON • RUTLAND, VERMONT • TOKYO
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To
Gedatsukongo–

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contents
Foreword by Robert B. Hall ix
Acknowledgments xii
Introduction xvii
I AN APPROACH TO HAIKU 3
II BASIC PRINCIPLES 10
1. Aesthetic Attitude 11
2. Aesthetic Experience 15
3. Haiku Moment 31
III HAIKU NATURE 34
1. Form and Content 34
2. Haiku Experience and Length 38
3. Three Elements 52
When 53
Where 61
What 62
4. Relationship of the Three Elements 69
5. Five-Seven-Five 78
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Contents
IV CRYSTALLIZATION 90
1. Haiku Art 90
2. Haiku Rhythm 103
3. Rhyme in Haiku 118
4. Alliteration in Haiku 127
Initial Alliteration 128
Stressed Alliteration 130
Syllable Alliteration 131
Oblique Alliteration 132
Buried Alliteration 134
Crossed Alliteration 135
5. Assonance in Haiku 136
V HISTORICAL VIEW 139
1. Poetic Forms 140
Pre-Haiku Period 141
Tanka Period 150
Renga Period 161
2. Seasonal Element 185
VI THE ENGLISH HAIKU:
CONCLUSIONS 235
SELECTED HAIKU 241
Notes 264
Bibliography 282
Index 289