The Moon in the Pines: Zen Haiku - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0711215871 ISBN 13: 9780711215870

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

An illustrated collection of translations of classical and contemporary Japanese "haiku". This popular art form is the poetic expression of Zen Buddhism. Traditionally, a haiku poem is just 17 syllables long, which requires the poet, like the follower of Zen, to cut through surface appearances to the heart of an experience. In this collection, translator Jonathan Clements seeks to capture the elusive spirituality that enabled the Japanese poets to preserve their experience of the moment in a mere three lines. This collection, drawing on three centuries of haiku, features haiku poets from Basho, Buson and Issa to Shiki, Hakuin, Ikkyu and Chiyo-Ni. The poems are sympathetically illustrated with Japanese prints from the collection at the Art Institute of Chicago.

About this title

About the Author:

Jonathan Clements is a former BBC Asian linguist and writer. His books include The Little Book of Chinese Proverbs and translations of Takeshi Maekawa, and his translations have themselves been translated into eight other languages.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Japanese

About this edition

• Publisher: Frances Lincoln Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0711215871
• ISBN 13: 9780711215870
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 112