A chime of windbells : a year of Japanese haiku in English verse
Format:
Book (regular print)
Title:
A chime of windbells : a year of Japanese haiku in English verse
Author:
ISBN:
9780804800921
Edition:
[1st ed.].
Publication Information:
Rutland, Vt. : C.E. Tuttle, [1969]
Physical Description:
236 pages (on double leaves) : color illustrations ; 20 cm
General Note:
"These versions of haiku ... aim at being creative and interpretative, an attempt to transpose into English verse the poetry rather than the words of the originals."
Contents:
NEW YEAR; SPRING; SUMMER; AUTUMN; WINTER; THE TRADITIONAL BACKGROUND OF HAIKU; INTRODUCTION; SHINTO; TAOISM AND CONFUCIANISM; HINAYANA BUDDHISM; MAHAYANA BUDDHISM -- HOSSÔ AND KEGON SHÛ; TENDAI SHÛ; SHINGON SHÛ; JÔDO SHÛ AND SHIN SHÛ