Gazing at the moon : Buddhist poems of solitude / Saigyō ; translated by Meredith McKinney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saigyō, 1118-1190, author.

McKinney, Meredith, 1950- author.

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Saigyō, 1118-1190--Translations into English.

Saigyō.

Saigyō, 1118-1190.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xviii, 135 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Shambhala Publications, Inc., [2021]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: First Awakening

Leaving the World

Reclusion

Seeking

Finding

Looking

Awaiting Death.

Notes:

Translated from the Japanese.

Includes Index of English and Japanese.

ISBN:

9781611809428

1611809428

OCLC:

1226076375

Publisher Number:

99989030330