bThis is the essential English edition of the complete poems of the eminent Japanese master of the haiku, Matsuo Bash333.b p Matsuo Bash333 1644-1694 is arguably the greatest figure in the history of Japanese literature and the master of the haiku. iBash333 The Complete Haiku iiof Matsuo Bash333 ioffers in English a full picture of the haiku of Bash333, 980 poems in all. Andrew Fitzsimons' translation is the first to adhere strictly to form all of the poems are translated following the syllabic count of the originals. This book also translates a number of Bash333's headnotes to poems ignored by previous English-language translators. p In Fitzsimons' beautiful rendering, Bash333 is much more than a philosopher of the natural world and the leading exponent of a refined Japanese sensibility. He is also a poet of queer love and eroticism of the city as well as the country, the indoors and the outdoors, travel and staying put of lonesomeness as well as the desire to be alone. br His poetry