Haiku Illustrated: Classic Japanese Short Poems (Chinese Bound) (Chinese Bound Illustrated)

A beautiful and stunning book. Love the haikus with the artwork and the book has been well put together. The binding is particularly nice

Beautiful, carefully chosen illustrations for each haiku. Wonderful layout of calligraphy and the English text. Everybody should have a copy of this even if they don't like poetry.

An excellent gift and introduction to Haiku. Has the right amount of space and nice off-setting artwork. The cover came a bit marked and the colour off. Needs to be slightly higher quality or come with a protective box.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Amber Books Ltd for the free review copy in return for an unbiased review.I've read Haiku for over a dozen years as an aid to mediation. The vivid imagery they evoke help draw me into an internal state, distancing the external distractions. Whether this is intentional or a vaguery of fate, the ebook displays the haiku on 1 page and the picture on the next. The imagery juxtaposition between my mental portraits the haiku painted and the actual images displayed are beautiful.The book's illustrations work well on most PC's however given the nature of many of the images I suspect they wouldn't be clear on a kindle, though a kindle fire/iPad etc would work fine.