Copper Canyon Press, paperback
Translated by: W.S. Merwin & Takako Lento
Publication Date: May 14, 2013
Publisher Marketing: Poetry. This is the first complete bilingual (Japanese/English) translation of the Buson Kushu, a comprehensive collection of the haiku of Yosa Buson (1716-83). Buson's haiku brim with paradox: they are bawdy yet delicate, sparse yet powerful. W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento worked for a decade to co-translate these poems into English-language versions as luminous as the original Japanese. An essential volume of world literature.
