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Between the Floating Mist: Poems of Ryokan

4.2/5 ( ratings)

“Just as Ryokan’s life is inseparable from his poetry, the translation’s clarity of diction is inseparable from the sensitive brushwork on each page. A book to be gazed into again and again.”—Charlotte Mandel, Small Press

What shall remain
as my legacy?
The spring flowers
the cuckoo in summer,
the autumn leaves.

Ryokan was a poet, master calligrapher, Zen hermit, and is one of the most beloved poets of Japan. Instead of becoming the head of a Zen temple, he preferred the simple and independent life of a hermit. Ryokan’s poetry is simple, direct, and colloquial in expression.

Language: English

Pages: 96

Format: Paperback

Publisher: White Pine Press

Release: April 01, 2009

ISBN: 193521005X

ISBN 13: 9781935210054

Between the Floating Mist: Poems of Ryokan

4.2/5 ( ratings)

“Just as Ryokan’s life is inseparable from his poetry, the translation’s clarity of diction is inseparable from the sensitive brushwork on each page. A book to be gazed into again and again.”—Charlotte Mandel, Small Press

What shall remain
as my legacy?
The spring flowers
the cuckoo in summer,
the autumn leaves.

Ryokan was a poet, master calligrapher, Zen hermit, and is one of the most beloved poets of Japan. Instead of becoming the head of a Zen temple, he preferred the simple and independent life of a hermit. Ryokan’s poetry is simple, direct, and colloquial in expression.

Language: English

Pages: 96

Format: Paperback

Publisher: White Pine Press

Release: April 01, 2009

ISBN: 193521005X

ISBN 13: 9781935210054

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