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The Life and Zen Haiku Poetry of Santoka Taneda - Japan's Beloved Modern Haiku Poet: Includes a Translation of Santoka's Diary of the One-Grass Hut (Paperback, Ed)
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The Life and Zen Haiku Poetry of Santoka Taneda - Japan's Beloved Modern Haiku Poet: Includes a Translation of Santoka's Diary of the One-Grass Hut (Paperback, Ed)
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The fascinating and quirky biography of a disheveled poet,
skillfully interwoven with his original works. Zen monk Santoka
Taneda (1882-1940) is one of Japan's most beloved modern poets,
famous for his "free-verse" haiku, the dominant style today. This
book tells the fascinating story of his life, liberally sprinkled
with more than 300 of his poems and extracts from his essays and
journals--compiled by his best friend and biographer Sumita Oyama
and elegantly translated by William Scott Wilson. Santoka was a
literary prodigy, but a notoriously disorganized human being. By
his own admission, he was incapable of doing anything other than
wandering the countryside and writing verses. Although Santoka
married and had a son, he devoted his life to poetry, studying Zen,
drinking sake and wandering the length and breadth of the Japanese
islands on foot, as a mendicant monk. The poet's life alternated
between long periods of solitary retreat and restless travel,
influenced by his tragic childhood. When not on the road, he lived
in simple grass huts supported by friends and family. Santoka was a
lively conversationalist who was often found so drunk he could only
make it home with the help of a friendly neighbor or passerby. But
above all, throughout his life, he wrote constantly; poetry and
essays flowed from him effortlessly. Santoka's eccentric style of
haiku is highly regarded in Japan today for being truly modern and
free from formal constraints. His journals and essays are equally
thought-provoking--the musings of an unkempt but supremely
self-conscious mind on everything from writing to cooking rice and
his failure to live a more orderly life. This translation and its
introduction are by best-selling author William Scott Wilson, whose
other works include The Book of Five Rings and The Lone Samurai.
Wilson provides sensitive renditions of the haiku illustrating
Santoka's life as well as an extensive introduction to the
influences on Santoka's work, from contemporary haiku poets and his
Buddhist teachers. Alongside the book, readers have access to a
two-hour online audio recording of 331 of Santoka Taneda's haiku,
read in Japanese by a native speaker, and in English.
General
Imprint: |
Tuttle Publishing
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Country of origin: |
Japan |
Release date: |
March 2021 |
First published: |
2021 |
Authors: |
Oyama Sumita
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Translators: |
William Scott Wilson
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Dimensions: |
203 x 130 x 194mm (L x W x H) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
352 |
Edition: |
Ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-4-8053-1655-9 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
4-8053-1655-1 |
Barcode: |
9784805316559 |
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