Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death by Yoel Hoffmann

Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death

Yoel Hoffmann

368 pages first pub 1985 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy poetry religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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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." Suc...

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