Toru Kiuchi is professor of English at Nihon University in Japan. Yoshinobu Hakutani is professor of English and a University Distinguished Scholar at Kent State University.

This book is a valuable resource to have on the shelf; an educational companion on the journey of a serious haiku poet.

• Part I: Haiku and Other ArtsChapter 1: Classic Haiku and Cy Twombly’s Modern PaintingYoshinobu HakutaniChapter 2: Basho and HaigaToru KiuchiChapter 3: Buson as Haiku Poet and PainterNoboru FukushimaChapter 4: Jack Kerouac’s Haiku and the Beat GenerationYoshinobu HakutaniChapter 5: Sonia Sanchez’s Morning Haiku and Blues MusicHeejung Kim Chapter 6: James Emanuel’s Haiku and JazzYoshinobu HakutaniChapter 7: North American Versions of Haibun and Postmodern American CultureBruce RossPart II: Haiku and Literary DisciplinesChapter 8: Basho, Kerouac, and ConfucianismYoshinobu HakutaniChapter 9: Richard Wright’ Haiku and Zen BuddhismToru KiuchiChapter 10: American Haiku and American TranscendentalismTom LynchChapter 11: Haiku, Ezra Pound, and ImagismYoshinobu HakutaniChapter 12: Haiku and Modernism in JapanToshio KimuraChapter 13: American Haiku in the New Millennium: The First Two DecadesCe RosenowChapter 14: Richard Wright’s Haiku and African CultureYoshinob

Toru Kiuchi is professor of English at Nihon University in Japan. Yoshinobu Hakutani is professor of English and a University Distinguished Scholar at Kent State University.

This book is a valuable resource to have on the shelf; an educational companion on the journey of a serious haiku poet.

• Part I: Haiku and Other ArtsChapter 1: Classic Haiku and Cy Twombly’s Modern PaintingYoshinobu HakutaniChapter 2: Basho and HaigaToru KiuchiChapter 3: Buson as Haiku Poet and PainterNoboru FukushimaChapter 4: Jack Kerouac’s Haiku and the Beat GenerationYoshinobu HakutaniChapter 5: Sonia Sanchez’s Morning Haiku and Blues MusicHeejung Kim Chapter 6: James Emanuel’s Haiku and JazzYoshinobu HakutaniChapter 7: North American Versions of Haibun and Postmodern American CultureBruce RossPart II: Haiku and Literary DisciplinesChapter 8: Basho, Kerouac, and ConfucianismYoshinobu HakutaniChapter 9: Richard Wright’ Haiku and Zen BuddhismToru KiuchiChapter 10: American Haiku and American TranscendentalismTom LynchChapter 11: Haiku, Ezra Pound, and ImagismYoshinobu HakutaniChapter 12: Haiku and Modernism in JapanToshio KimuraChapter 13: American Haiku in the New Millennium: The First Two DecadesCe RosenowChapter 14: Richard Wright’s Haiku and African CultureYoshinob

Toru Kiuchi is professor of English at Nihon University in Japan. Yoshinobu Hakutani is professor of English and a University Distinguished Scholar at Kent State University.

This book is a valuable resource to have on the shelf; an educational companion on the journey of a serious haiku poet.

• Part I: Haiku and Other ArtsChapter 1: Classic Haiku and Cy Twombly’s Modern PaintingYoshinobu HakutaniChapter 2: Basho and HaigaToru KiuchiChapter 3: Buson as Haiku Poet and PainterNoboru FukushimaChapter 4: Jack Kerouac’s Haiku and the Beat GenerationYoshinobu HakutaniChapter 5: Sonia Sanchez’s Morning Haiku and Blues MusicHeejung Kim Chapter 6: James Emanuel’s Haiku and JazzYoshinobu HakutaniChapter 7: North American Versions of Haibun and Postmodern American CultureBruce RossPart II: Haiku and Literary DisciplinesChapter 8: Basho, Kerouac, and ConfucianismYoshinobu HakutaniChapter 9: Richard Wright’ Haiku and Zen BuddhismToru KiuchiChapter 10: American Haiku and American TranscendentalismTom LynchChapter 11: Haiku, Ezra Pound, and ImagismYoshinobu HakutaniChapter 12: Haiku and Modernism in JapanToshio KimuraChapter 13: American Haiku in the New Millennium: The First Two DecadesCe RosenowChapter 14: Richard Wright’s Haiku and African CultureYoshinob