Snail on the Slope of Fuji

Issa was one of the first to move away from the traditional canons of Japanese poetry, infusing his verses with his personal observations and feelings. 

For him, the main goal was always to capture the surrounding reality with maximum precision and to find beauty in the familiar and mundane things that were usually completely ignored by his predecessors. 

And thanks to the fact that Issa wrote about his own experiences, the lines he penned allow us not only to see the beauty of the world but also to discern the human being hiding behind the triplets. 

This edition includes the best haiku of Issa, as well as excerpts from his prose book “My Spring” and the diary “The Last Days of My Father” — touching and poignant chronicles telling how Issa cared for his dying father who was seriously ill. The hokku “Quietly, quietly crawl, / Snail, down the slope of Fuji” inspired the title of the famous novella by the Strugatsky brothers “Snail on the Slope.”

3 reasons to buy this book:

1. For all fans of Japanese poetry.

2. This edition includes the best haiku of the author, as well as excerpts from the prose book “My Spring” and the diary “The Last Days of My Father.”

3. The hokku “Quietly, quietly crawl, / Snail, down the slope of Fuji” inspired the title of the famous novella by the Strugatsky brothers “Snail on the Slope.”