Haikai poet Yosa Buson and the Bash?o revival - Crowley, Cheryl A. (Brill, 2007)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-300) and index
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE BUSON, THE BUNJIN (LITERATI), AND THE BASHO REVIVAL; CHAPTER TWO BUSON AND HIS AUDIENCE: ANXIETY AND TRANSCENDENCE; CHAPTER THREE ANXIETY AND THE FORMATION OF A POET: HOKKU 1740-1770; CHAPTER FOUR AN UNARMED BLOSSOM GUARD: HOKKU 1771-1783; CHAPTER FIVE RESISTING COMMUNALITY: LINKED VERSE SEQUENCES; CHAPTER SIX BUSON AND HAIGA; EPILOGUE; APPENDIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CITED BUSON HOKKU; INDEX.
Uses the haikai verse and paintings of the brilliant, innovative artist Yosa Buson as a focal point from which to explore how early modern Japanese writers competed for artistic authority and social prestige. This book concludes with a discussion of Buson's reception in the modern period, and includes translations of his principal works