Poems of the five mountains : an introduction to the literature of the Zen monasteries / [introduction, notes, and translation by] Marian Ury.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ury, Marian.

Series:

Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; no. 10.

Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese poetry--Japan--Translations into English.

Chinese poetry.

Zen poetry, Chinese.

Japan.

Zen poetry, Chinese--Japan--Translations into English.

Physical Description:

xx, 104 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Edition:

Second, revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, 1992.

Summary:

This second, revised edition of a pioneering volume, long out of print, presents translations of Japanese Zen poems on sorrow, old age, homesickness, the seasons, the ravages of time, solitude, the scenic beauty of the landscape of Japan, and monastic life. Composed by Japanese Zen monks who lived from the last quarter of the thirteenth century to the middle of the fifteenth century, these poems represent a portion of the best of the writing called in Japanese gozan bungaku," literature of the five mountains."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 99).

ISBN:

093951253X

OCLC:

24380287