Japanese Death Poems
Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death
A wonderful introduction the Japanese tradition of jisei, this volume is crammed with exquisite, spontaneous verse and pithy, often hilarious, descriptions of the eccentric and committed monastics who wrote the poems. —Tricycle: The Buddhist ReviewAlthough the consciousness of death is, in most cultures, very much a part of life, this is perhaps nowhere more true than in Japan, where the approach of death has given rise to a centuries-old tradition of writing jisei, or the death poem. Such a poem is often written in the very last moments of the poet's life.Hundreds of Japanese death poems, many with a commentary describing the circumstances o…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-4-8053-1443-2
- EAN: 9784805314432
- Produktnummer: 24012157
- Verlag: Tuttle Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 368 S.
- Masse: H17.8 cm x B13.1 cm x D2.2 cm 267 g
- Abbildungen: 320 poems
- Gewicht: 267
Über den Autor
Professor Yoel Hoffmann has written several books on Buddhism and comparative philosophy, including The Sound of the One Hand, Radical Zen: the Sayings of Joshu, and The Idea of Self-East and West.
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