Description
Book SynopsisA collection of haiku by Japanese women, this volume includes translations of 400 haiku written by 20 poets from the 17th century (Basho's school) to the second half of the 20th. For each poet there is a brief biographical and critical headnote, followed by 20 haiku.
Table of ContentsIntroduction Den Sutejo (1633-1698) Kawai Chigetsu (1634?-1718) Shiba Sonome (1664-1726) Chiyojo (1703-1775) Enomoto Seifu (1732-1815) Tagami Kikusha (1753-1826) Takeshita Shizunojo (1887-1951) Sugita Hisajo (1890-1946) Hashimoto Takako (1899-1963) Mitsuhashi Takajo (1899-1972) Ishibashi Hideno (1909-1947) Katsura Nobuko (b. 1914) Yoshino Yoshiko (b. 1915) Tsuda Kiyoko (b. 1920) Inahata Teiko (b. 1931) Uda Kiyoko (b. 1935) Kuroda Momoko (b. 1938) Tsuji Momoko (b. 1945) Katayama Yumiko (b. 1952) Mayuzumi Madoka (b. 1965)