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Triumph of the sparrow : Zen poems of Shinkichi Takahashi / translated by Lucien Stryk with the assistance of Takashi Ikemoto.
LIBRA Special PL839.A5155 A28 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Takahashi, Shinkichi, 1901-1987.
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Takahashi, Shinkichi, 1901-1987--Translations into English.
- Takahashi, Shinkichi, 1901-1987.
- Zen poetry, Japanese--Translations into English.
- Zen poetry, Japanese.
- Genre:
- Translations.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 175 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Grove Press edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Grove Press ; [Emeryville, CA] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2000]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Japanese.
- Summary:
- Shinkichi Takahashi is one of the truly great figures in world poetry. In the classic Zen tradition of economy, disciplined attention, and subtlety, Takahashi lucidly captures that which is contemporary in its problems and experiences, yet classic in its quest for unity with the Absolute. Lucien Stryk, Takahashi's fellow poet and close friend, here presents Takahashi's complete body of Zen poems in an English translation that conveys the grace and power of Takahashi's superb art. "A first-rate poet . . . [Takahashi] springs out of some crack between ordinary worlds: that is, there is some genuine madness of the sort striven for in Zen." -- Robert Bly; "We visit places in Takahashi that we once may have visited in a dream, or in a moment too startling to record the perception. . . . You need know nothing of Zen to become immersed in his work. You will inevitably know something of Zen when you emerge." -- Jim Harrison, American Poetry Review
- Contents:
- A Wood in Sound 21
- Aching of Life 22
- Snow Wind 23
- Canna 24
- Time 25
- The Pink Sun 26
- Thistles 27
- Rat on Mount Ishizuchi 28
- Burning Oneself to Death 29
- Nehru 30
- Strawberry 31
- Ox and Sleet 32
- Cock 33
- Back Yard 34
- The Pipe 35
- Crow 36
- White Flower 37
- A Spray of Hot Air 38
- City 39
- Murmuring of the Water 40
- Pigeon 41
- Mummy 42
- Red Waves 43
- Sparrow in Winter 44
- The Martian Rock 45
- Destruction 46
- Disclosure 47
- The Hare 48
- Duck 49
- What Is Moving 50
- Autumn Flowers 51
- The Peach 52
- One Hundred Billionth of a Second 53
- Quails 54
- Flower 55
- Stillness 56
- Horse 57
- Misty Rain 58
- Collapse 59
- Sun 60
- Words 61
- Rain 62
- Chidori Pool 63
- Bream 64
- Time 65
- Cat 66
- The Position of the Sparrow 67
- Life Infinite 69
- Paper Door 70
- Deck 71
- Spring Snow 72
- The Cloud and the Butterfly 73
- On a Day of Continuous Rain 74
- Black Smoke 75
- Evening Clouds 77
- Mascot 78
- Wind 79
- Wind among the Pines 80
- Stitches 81
- Sun and Flowers 82
- Comet 83
- Immutability 85
- Snail 86
- Here 87
- If I Am Flowers 88
- Man 89
- Statue of Kudara-Avalokitesvara 90
- Fish 91
- Cock 92
- Crab 93
- Ants 94
- Sun 95
- Sun through the Leaves 96
- Magpie 97
- A Richer Ground 98
- Penguins 99
- Ivies 100
- Sparrow 101
- Apricot 102
- White Paper 103
- On the Wind 104
- Like Dewdrops 105
- Apex of the Universe 106
- Ice 107
- What Dashes? 108
- Wild Camomiles 109
- The Solid Season 110
- Lovebird 111
- Rat and Woman 112
- Body 113
- Afterimages 114
- Shell 115
- Mushroom 116
- Flight of the Sparrow 117
- Sky 118
- Sparrow in Withered Field 119
- Afternoon 120
- Hand 121
- Sweet Potato 122
- Camel 123
- Raw Fish and Vegetables 124
- Downy Hair 125
- Toad 126
- Drizzle 127
- Sea of Oblivion 128
- Cloud 129
- Mother and I 130
- Sheep 131
- Eternity 132
- Sparrow and Bird-Net Building 133
- Clay Image 134
- Gods 135
- Braggart Duck 136
- Stone Wall 137
- Beach 138
- Moon and Hare 139
- Lap Dog 140
- Moon 141
- Vimalakirti 142
- Snowy Sky 143
- Near Shinobazu Pond 144
- Let's Live Cheerfully 145
- Rocks 146
- Urn 147
- Spring 148
- Peach Blossom and Pigeon 149
- Spinning Dharma Wheel 150
- Four Divine Animals 151
- A Little Sunlight 152
- Explosion 153
- Railroad Station 154
- Absence 155.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-175).
- ISBN:
- 0802137369
- 9780802137364
- OCLC:
- 44026343
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