{"product_id":"2940012975119","title":"Haiku \u0026 Japanese Prints","description":"Illustrated\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcerpt\u003cbr\u003eThe only difference between the Western and the Eastern mystic is that where one sees the world in the grain of sand and tells you all about it, the other sees and lets his silence imply that he knows its meaning. Or to quote Lao-tzu: \"Those who speak do not know, those who know do not speak.\" It must always be understood that there is an implied continuation to every Japanese hokku. The concluding hemistich, whereby the hokku becomes the tanka, is existent in the writer's mind, but never uttered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBasho wrote:\u003cbr\u003e\"An old pond\u003cbr\u003eAnd the sound of a frog leaping\u003cbr\u003eInto the water.\"","brand":"Ars Poetica","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068701458672,"sku":"2940012975119","price":3.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012975119_p0.jpg?v=1763575241","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012975119","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}