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Record ID marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-005.mrc:67429604:1768
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LEADER: 01768fam a2200337 a 4500
001 2054317
005 20220615193719.0
008 970227s1997 maua 001 0 eng
010 $a 97007530
020 $a1570621446 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)36511268
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm36511268
035 $9AMT7293CU
035 $a(NNC)2054317
035 $a2054317
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC$dNNC$dOrLoB-B
050 00 $aPL797.2$b.A24 1997
082 00 $a895.6/134$221
100 1 $aKobayashi, Issa,$d1763-1827.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79041765
245 10 $aSpring of my life and selected haiku /$cby Kobayashi Issa ; translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aBoston :$bShambhala :$bDistributed in United States by Random House, Inc.,$c1997.
300 $axxiii, 180 pages :$billustrations ;$c19 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aKobayashi Issa (1763-1827), along with Basho and Buson, is considered one of the three greatest haiku poets of Japan, known for his attention to poignant detail and his playful sense of humor. Issa's most-loved work, The Spring of My Life, is an autobiographical sketch of linked prose and haiku in the tradition of Basho's famous Narrow Road to the Interior.
520 8 $aIn addition to The Spring of My Life, the translator has included more than 160 of Issa's best haiku and an introduction providing essential information on Issa's life and valuable comments on translating (and reading) haiku.
600 10 $aKobayashi, Issa,$d1763-1827$vTranslations into English.
700 1 $aHamill, Sam.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79082117
852 00 $beal$hPL797.2$i.A24 1997