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Book SynopsisHaiku, Other Arts, and Literary Disciplines investigates the genesis and development of haiku in Japan and determines the relationships of haiku with other arts, such as essay, painting, and music, as well as the backgrounds of haiku, such as literary movements, philosophies, and religions that underlie haiku composition. By analyzing the poets who played major roles in the development of haiku and its related geners, these essays illustrate how Japanese haiku poets, and American writers such as Emerson and Whitman, were inspired by nature, especially its beautiful scenes and seasonal changes. Western poets had a demonstrated affinity for Japanese haiku, which bled over into other art mediums, as these chapters discuss.
Table of ContentsPart I: Haiku and Other Arts
Chapter 1: Classic Haiku and Cy Twombly’s Modern Painting
Yoshinobu Hakutani
Chapter 2: Bashō and Haiga
Toru Kiuchi
Chapter 3: Buson as Haiku Poet and Painter
Noboru Fukushima
Chapter 4: Jack Kerouac’s Haiku and the Beat Generation
Yoshinobu Hakutani
Chapter 5: Sonia Sanchez’s Morning Haiku and Blues Music
Heejung Kim
Chapter 6: James Emanuel’s Haiku and Jazz
Yoshinobu Hakutani
Chapter 7: North American Versions of Haibun and Postmodern American Culture
Bruce Ross
Part II: Haiku and Literary Disciplines
Chapter 8: Basho, Kerouac, and Confucianism
Yoshinobu Hakutani
Chapter 9: Richard Wright’ Haiku and Zen Buddhism
Toru Kiuchi
Chapter 10: American Haiku and American Transcendentalism
Tom Lynch
Chapter 11: Haiku, Ezra Pound, and Imagism
Yoshinobu Hakutani
Chapter 12: Haiku and Modernism in Japan
Toshio Kimura
Chapter 13: American Haiku in the New Millennium: The First Two Decades
Ce Rosenow
Chapter 14: Richard Wright’s Haiku and African Culture
Yoshinobu Hakutani
Chapter 15: Creating African American Haiku Form: Lenard D. Moore’s Poetic Artistry
Toru Kiuchi
Chapter 16: Robert Spiess’s Haiku: Translating for Better Understanding
John Zheng
