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In Reading Japanese Haikai Poetry Herbert Jonsson makes an inquiry into the multitude ways in which Japanese linked haikai poetry has been read and understood. A number of poems composed by the eighteenth-century master Yosa Buson are analyzed in great detail. Although closely related to the popular haiku, haikai is often regarded as difficult for non-specialists, but this study offers the reader a wealth of explanations, displaying the varied perspectives available. The first part of the book consists of a thorough investigation of how these poems have been interpreted in the Japanese commentary tradition. The second concluding part offers an innovative study of the poetics of scent ( nioizuke ), essential for understanding the creative force of this poetry.

J5730 --- J5720 --- Japan: Literature -- poetry -- haiku, haikai --- Japan: Literature -- poetry -- renga, renku, hokku --- Haikai --- History and criticism. --- Yosa, Buson, --- Taniguchi, Chōkō --- Sha, Shunsai --- Buson, Yosa --- Buson --- Taniguchi, Buson --- 与謝無村 --- 与謝蕉村 --- 与謝蕪材 --- 与謝蕪村 --- 与谢蕪村 --- 與謝無村 --- 與謝蕪村 --- 谷口蕪村 --- Criticism and interpretation.