1st hot Edition ~ Japanese Death Poems ~ 1986 ~ Haiku ~ Last Words Of Zen Monks ~ First Printing ~ Hardcover Poetry Book.

1st Edition ~ Japanese Death Poems ~ 1986 ~ Haiku ~ Last Words Of Zen Monks ~ First Printing ~ Hardcover Poetry Book.

This deeply moving and profound hardbound book of Japanese Death Poems was l published in 1986. There's a small tear on the copyright page. Other than that, the book is in excellent condition.

Although the consciousness of death is very much a part of life in most cultures, it is perhaps nowhere more true than in hot 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. From passionate samurai writings and meditative Zen haiku to the satirical poems of later centuries, hundreds of jisei have been collected in this beautiful hardcover book. The result is a moving, powerful collection whose philosophical and aethetic profundity will give readers pause.

“My whole life long I've kept a sharp sword. And now, face to face with death, I unsheathe it, and lo—the blade is broken—Alas!”

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