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Japanese Death Poems = [Jisei]

Title
- Jisei
Attribution
written by Zen monks and Haiku poets on the verge of death ; compiled with an introduction and commentary by Yoel Hoffmann
Publication Details
Book, C.E. Tuttle Co, 1986
Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS
(UPPER LEVEL) PL759 .J37 1986 AVAILABLE
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Description
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. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
Author
- Hoffmann, Yoel
Subject
Places in this work
- Haiku
- Japan
Notes
- Poems translated from the Japanese
- Title also represented in Japanese characters
- Includes indexes
ISBN
- 0804831793
- 0804815054
- 9780804831796
LCCN
- 85052347 //r922
- 85052347
Open Library ID
- /b/OL7930856M
- /b/OL2554366M