Dublin Core
Title
Fire On the Mountain
Subject
haiku, Japanese
Haiku, Japanese--translations into English
Description
Fire on the Mountain is an English translation of an excerpt from Somokuto by Taneda Santoka. It contains extensive annotations by the translators about Santoka's art and life.
"Somokuto (A Grass and Tree Pagoda) is the most important book of haiku by Taneda Santoka 1882-1940). It was published by Yagumo Shorin of Tokyo in April, 1940, about six months before he passed away at the age of 57. It is a compilation of six booklets of haiku privately published by Santoka, the first one being Hachinoko published in 1932 and the second one entitled Somokuto published in 1933."
.--from the Introduction
"Somokuto (A Grass and Tree Pagoda) is the most important book of haiku by Taneda Santoka 1882-1940). It was published by Yagumo Shorin of Tokyo in April, 1940, about six months before he passed away at the age of 57. It is a compilation of six booklets of haiku privately published by Santoka, the first one being Hachinoko published in 1932 and the second one entitled Somokuto published in 1933."
.--from the Introduction
Creator
Santoka, Taneda
Source
Jim Kacian Archival Library
Publisher
Terebess Asia Online
Contributor
Translated by Hisashi Miura and James Green
Romaji by Rica Ojara
Romaji by Rica Ojara
Rights
All rights reserved.
Format
pdf
Language
eng
jpn
Type
book