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Editors = Rédacteurs
Richard Vallance & Shigeki Matsumura
Renaissance in Japan: a Critical Survey of the Seventeenth Century. Charles E. Tuttle Co.: Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan, © 1970. 414 pp. ISBN 0-8048-0916-X. First Edition, 1970.
This book provides a summary socio-economic and literary history of Japan's "Renaissance" in the 17th. Century, and includes an entire chapter on the life of the pilgrim-poet, Basho, and his haiku (pp. 153-191).
André Duhaime, Editor. © Les Editions David, Ottawa, 1998. ISBN 2-922109-14-3
Although written primarily for a French-language audience, this book's title should not mislead. Since it is an international anthology of contemporary haikuists from all around the world, it necessarily includes haik in many languages. All haiku in the book are translated into French for their target audience. The book features many prominent modern haikuists from such diverse nations as France, Canada, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, a large number of haiku from Japan (translated into French), New Zealand, Romania and Russia.
Alors que ce volume vise les lecteurs francophones, son titre n'est pas tout à fait indicatif. Puisqu'il s'agit d'un florilège international de haïkuistes mondiaux, le livre contient des centaines de poèmes en plusierus langues. Tous les haïkus dans le présent volume sont nécessairement traduits en français, mais les collaborateurs proviennent de pays tels que la France, le Canada, l'Argentine, l'Australie, la Belgique, le Brésil, la Nouvelle Zélande, la Roumanie et la Russie. Il va sans dire qu'il y a plus de poètes japonais que ceux de tous les autres pays. Tous les poèmes sont affichés en textes parallèles, dans leur langue originelle et en français.
From the Counry of Eight Islands: an Anthology of Japanese Poetry. Garden City, New York: Anchor Press/ Doubleday, © 1981. xliv, 652 pp. Bibliography, pp. 641-652. ISBN 0-385-14030-4
So you wanted to learn all about the history of Japanese poetry, right from its earliest origins in & around the Seventh Century A.D., but were afraid to ask? Well then, this is your book. Every style of traditional and contemporary Japanese poetry is represented, from the waka to the tanka to renga, haikai and haiku, right on through modern free-verse. This is a fairly exhaustive anthology of most of Japan's most renowned poets.
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