Barthes R. Empire of Signs R. Howard (trans.) New York: Hill and Wang 1982. Bloom A. The Closing of the American Mind New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988. Blyth R.H. Haiku 4 vols Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1949–52. Haiku Society of America. “Draft Definitions Submitted for Member Comment January 1994” n.p.: Haiku Society of America 1994. Henderson H. G. Haiku in English Rutland Vt. and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co. 1967. Higginson W. J. The Haiku Seasons: Poetry of the Natural World Tokyo, New York and London: Kodansha, 1996. Kuriyama S. “Haiku” Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan Tokyo, Kodansha 1983 Vol. 3. Record K. “Universal Aesthetic Principles of Haiku Form” Tankang Review 18:1–4 (1988). Shirane H. Traces of Dreams: Landscape, Cultural Memory and the Poetry of Bashô Stanford University Press, 1998. Suzuki D.T. Zen and Japanese Culture Princeton N.J. Princeton University Press 1959. Ueda M. Modern Japanese Poets Stanford University Press 1983. Heuvel C. van den “Concision, Perception, Awareness – Haiku” Modern Haiku 18:3 (1987).