Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death
Although 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" written in the very last moments of the poet's life....
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Although 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" written in the very last moments of the poet's life. From passionate samurai writins and meditative Zen haiku to the satirical poems of later centuries, Hundreds of jisei have been translated into English here, many for the first time. The result is a moving, powerful collection whose philosophical and aethetic profundity will give readers pause.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780804831796 (0804831793)
ASIN: 804831793
Publish date: April 15th 1998
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Cultural,
Anthologies,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Asian Literature,
Poetry,
Spirituality,
Japan,
Death,
Buddhism,
Zen,
Japanese Literature
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