Chiyo-Ni: Woman Haiku Master (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Chiyo-Ni: Woman Haiku Master Sunday, August 9 2009.

• Chiyo-Ni (1703-1775) is one of Japan's most unusual and renowned haiku poets, and this volume, the first major translation of her work in English, contains over 100 haiku, reproduced in Japanese script, Romaji, and in English. Chiyo-ni was one of the very few great female poets from an age when haiku was dominated by men. Her verses embody Zen-like simplicity and female sensuality, and reflect her life as a Buddhist nun, painter and poet who lived a life of supreme independence and aesthetic sensibility.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Chiyo-Ni: Woman Haiku Master Tuesday, July 28 2009.

• Added a contributor: Patricia Donegan: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Chiyo-Ni: Woman Haiku Master Friday, July 17 2009.

• Basho and Chiyo-ni: when thinking of famous haiku poets these two names have always been in the forefront.