Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Selected Chronology of the Life of Matsuo Bashō xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Translation of the Hokku 19
7. Notes 155
8. Major Nature Images in Bashō’s Hokku 269
9. Glossary 279
10. Bibliography 283
11. Index to Bashō’s Hokku in Translation 287
12. Index to Bashō’s Hokku in Japanese 311
13. Index of Names 329