Spring. Haiku

The first signs of spring—such as a shoot breaking through, melting snow, and the return of cranes—are presented in the four-volume collection “Japanese Seasons.” This collection teaches readers to find greatness in small things, noticing philosophy in a delicate plum blossom and warmth in a light breeze. Haiku are like magical miniatures brought to life in words. Haiku masters strove not to describe, but to indicate things with maximum simplicity—as if you were saying them for the first time. A unique anthology of Japanese haiku poetry is compiled by the well-known Russian scholar and translator, Professor of Japanese Literature Alexander Dolin, who spent many years in Japan. The book contains the best works by great haiku poets from the Middle Ages and the Silver Age. “Spring” is the first book in the four-volume series of landscape lyric poetry.