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Gazing at the Moon: Buddhist Poems of Solitude Saigyo Saigyo 9781611809428
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611809428Author Saigyo SaigyoFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint -
Blossom Awakening: The Life and Poetry of Wandering Monk Saigyo Saigyo 9781645473633
RRP: $25.79Booksplease Price: $18.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645473633Author SaigyoFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint -
Three Japanese Buddhist Monks by Saigyo
RRP: $10.31Booksplease Price: $7.77'I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the beauty of the sky'These simple, inspiring writings by three medieval Buddhist monks offer peace and... -
Chinese Lyricism: Shih Poetry from the Second to the Twelfth Century by Burton Watson
RRP: $45.15Booksplease Price: $37.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorBurton Watson is one of the world's best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. His translations... -
Kusamakura by Natsume Soseki
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $11.08Literally meaning 'Pillow of Grass', Kusamakura is Soseki's portrayal of an artist who opposes convention and logic, and shuns emotional involvement. Soseki's artist attempts to live as a hermit... -
Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan by Burton Watson 9780231044158
RRP: $23.21Booksplease Price: $20.01Ryokan (1758-1831), a Buddhist monk in the Zen sect, was a major figure in Tokugawa poetry. Although a Zen master, he never headed a temple but chose to live alone in simple huts and to support... -
Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology by Steven D. Carter 9780804722124
RRP: $59.34Booksplease Price: $49.34This anthology brings togethere in convenient form a rich selection of Japanese poetry in traditional genres dating back from the earliest times to the twentieth century. With more than 1,100 poems,... -
Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings by Zi Zhuang
RRP: $28.38Booksplease Price: $23.96The basic writings of Chuang Tzu have been savored by Chinese readers for over two thousand years. And Burton Watson's lucid and beautiful translation has been loved by generations of readers. ... -
Kokoro by Natsume Soseki
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $11.91Kokoro, meaning 'heart', is a tantalising novel about the friendship between a young man and an enigmatic elder whom he calls Sensei. Set in the early twentieth century, when the death of the emperor... -
For All My Walking: Free-Verse Haiku of Taneda Santoka by Taneda Santoka 9780231125178
RRP: $28.38Booksplease Price: $23.96In April 1926, the Japanese poet Taneda Santoka (1882-1940) set off on the first of many walking trips, journeys in which he tramped thousands of miles through the Japanese countryside. These... -
The Year of My Life, Second Edition: A Translation of Issa's Oraga Haru by Nobuyuki Yuasa 9780520368781
RRP: $103.20Booksplease Price: $91.45The Year of My Life: A Translation of Issa's Oraga Haru by Nobuyuki Yuasa brings one of Japan's most beloved haiku poets into vivid English, capturing both the poignancy of his life and the deceptive... -
How to Read a Japanese Poem by Steven D. Carter 9780231186834
RRP: $36.12Booksplease Price: $34.96How to Read a Japanese Poem offers a comprehensive approach to making sense of traditional Japanese poetry of all genres and periods. Steven D. Carter explains to Anglophone students the methods of...