the Classics' corner

Haiku history

10  classics by Ryu Yotsuya (Japan)

Collections

Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)

Issa by David G Lanoue (many hundreds haiku translated in English, with a search engine. An exceptional place to discover Issa)

Basho (1644-1694) : Narrow Road to the North

http://www.uoregon.edu/~kohl/basho/index.html . Integral text with notes and illustrations. An exceptional site.