{"product_id":"9780140444599","title":"On Love and Barley","description":"Author: Basho, Matsuo\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780140444599\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Apr 1986\u003cbr\u003ePages: 96 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBasho is one of the greatest Japanese poets and a master of haiku\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBasho, one of the greatest of Japanese poets and the master of haiku, was also a Buddhist monk and a life-long traveller. His poems combine 'karumi', or lightness of touch, with the Zen ideal of oneness with creation. Each poem evokes the natural world - the cherry blossom, the leaping frog, the summer moon or the winter snow - suggesting the smallness of human life in comparison to the vastness and drama of nature.  Basho himself enjoyed solitude and a life free from possessions, and his haiku are the work of an observant eye and a meditative mind, uncluttered by materialism and alive to the beauty of the world around him.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48128395149470,"sku":"UBD-9780140444599","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780140444599.jpg?v=1786540232","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780140444599","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}