MONKEY'S RAINCOAT by MATSUO BASHO

RENKU FOR YOU a definitive guide

Maeda Cana' s translation first published 1973,presents,Renku ,this ancient collaborative form(36 stanza linked verse poems)with four examples from Basho(and his disciples...)namely Winters First shower/Summer moon/Katydid/and Plum young herbs, together with both a commentary for each stanza therein and an index of informative notes in twenty pages,thereon,each poem interleaved with an artwork.
The editor introduces the book(isbn 670486523) with a learned fifteen page intro thus making the package a must -have for the bookshelf of any imagist inclined poet.