Gazing at the moon Buddhist poems of solitude
"Japan's most famous and well-loved poets. He was a recluse monk who spent much of his life wandering, and the combination of poet and monk produced poetry infused with a Buddhist perception of the world. He became a legend soon after his death, and he is still a household name in Japan to...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Boulder, Colorado
Shambhala
2021
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| Ausgabe: | First edition |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "Japan's most famous and well-loved poets. He was a recluse monk who spent much of his life wandering, and the combination of poet and monk produced poetry infused with a Buddhist perception of the world. He became a legend soon after his death, and he is still a household name in Japan today. This selection of Saigyō's tanka (traditional 31-syllable poems) uses his poetry to tell the story of his Buddhist awakening, reclusion, seeking, enlightenment, and death"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | xviii, 135 pages Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781611809428 978-1-61180-942-8 |