Japanese Linked Poetry: An Account with Translations of Renga and Haikai Sequences

xix, 376 pp. "As the link between the court poetry of the classical period and the haiku poetry of the modern period, the renga and haikai which constitute Japanese linked poetry have a position of central importance in Japanese literature. In the first half of the book the author discusses the critical principles of linked poetry and its placement in the history of Japanese literature as well as in the context of world literature. The second half offers an analysis and thoroughly annotated translations of two renga sequences involving Sogi and four haikai sequences, three of which involve Basho, and the fourth, Buson."