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Haiku: In Basho's Footsteps
Content:Documentary Film
Available From:Films for the Humanities and Sciences
Media Type:Videocassette
DVD
Release Date:2002
Audience:Higher Education
High School
Running Time:45 min.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (45 min.): col.; 1/2" or DVD
Language:English
Author:NHK
Directed by Kayoko Aiba
Subject:Anthropology and Sociology
Language and Literature
Subheading:Cross-Cultural Exchange
Poetry
Region:East Asia
Country:Japan



Abstract:

More than three centuries ago, the seminal haiku poet Matsuo Basho traveled Japan in a spiritual quest for enlightenment. In this down-to-earth program, haiku enthusiasts from around the world including award-winning haiku poet and English teacher Visnja McMaster and haiku translator Judit Vihar, professor of Japanese studies at Eötvös Loránd University, follow in the master’s footsteps as they open themselves to the haiku moment at the very places where Basho himself found inspiration. Excerpts from Basho’s impressions of his journey, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, are included, as are haiku written by the trip participants. The therapeutic value of haiku-writing for traumatized children and adults is also addressed. (45 minutes, color)




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