Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death
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The Japanese tradition of jisei, whereby a poet writes a poem in the final moments of their life, is mined for its most evocative examples which are translated into English and accompanied with a commentary explaining the circumstances of the poet's death. From the masculine death poems of the samurai to the satirical examples from later years A wonderful introduction the Japanese tradition of jisei, this volume is crammed with exquisite, spontaneous verse and pity, often hilarious, descriptions of the eccentric and committed monastics who wrote the poems. Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
