In 1686, Matsuo Bashō wrote a short poem about a frog jumping into a pond. That poem ended up becoming arguably the most well-known haiku of all-time. In this episode, we dive into Hiroaki Sato's One Hundred Frogs, a collection of more than 100 different translations of Bashō's famous haiku. We'll look at the ways the various translators approached the text and how their personalities colored their choice of word, syntax, and form.
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