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Haiku Humor: Wit and Folly in Japanese Poems and Prints
Haiku Humor Wit and Folly in Japanese Poems and Prints Author:Stephen Addiss, Fumiko Y. Yamamoto, Akira Y. Yamamoto Humor has long been a lively element in traditional Japanese culture. Through parody, satire, personification, and wit, Japanese humor has a playful, subtle, and incongruous nature. Here, the benign and gentle quality of Japanese humor is presented through 120 haiku by such masters as Basho, Issa, and Buson, among others. Color reproductions of ... more »over fifty woodblock prints, paintings, and drawings accompany the poems.« less