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The death poem is a genre of poetry that developed in the literary traditions of the Sinosphere—most prominently in ... Hoffmann, Yoel (1986). Japanese Death Poems: ...
Yoel Hoffmann (Hebrew: יואל הופמן; 23 June 1937 [1] – 25 August 2023) was an Israeli Jewish contemporary author, editor, scholar and translator. Held a title of a professor of Japanese poetry , Buddhism , and philosophy at the University of Haifa in Israel and lived in Galilee .
Hoffmann, Yoel (1998). Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death (Original ed.). Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 9780804831796. Satow, Ernest (1879). "Vicissitudes of the Church at Yamaguchi from 1550 to 1586". Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan. VII.
Many Japanese poets and monks wrote their own death poems as waka, tanka, or haiku. Shiki, for example, wrote three haiku just before his death from tuberculosis. There are a couple of books available on Japanese death poems, so it should be too hard to fill this article out with better information. gK 18:00, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Ryōkan Taigu (良寛大愚) (1758 – 18 February 1831) [1] was a quiet and unconventional Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk who lived much of his life as a hermit. Ryōkan is remembered for his poetry and calligraphy, which present the essence of Zen life.
Kazuko Shiraishi, a leading name in modern Japanese “beat” poetry, known for her dramatic readings, at times with jazz music, has died. Shiraishi, whom American poet and translator Kenneth ...
Gesshū Sōko (1618–1696) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher and a member of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. He studied under teachers of the lesser known, and more strictly monastic, Ōbaku School of Zen and contributed to a reformation of Sōtō monastic codes. As a result, he is sometimes given the title "The Revitalizer". [1]
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