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For All My Walking: Free-Verse Haiku of Taneda Santoka
Santoka Taneda
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Description for For All My Walking: Free-Verse Haiku of Taneda Santoka
Paperback. Taneda Santoka's poetry attracted limited notice during his lifetime (1882-1940), but there has been a remarkable upsurge of interest in his life and writings. Including 245 poems and selected diary excerpts, For All My Walking makes Santoka's work available to English-speaking readers. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 152.
In April 1926, the Japanese poet Taneda Santoka (1882-1940) set off on the first of many walking trips, journeys in which he tramped thousands of miles through the Japanese countryside. These journeys were part of his religious training as a Buddhist monk as well as literary inspiration for his memorable and often painfully moving poems. The works he wrote during this time comprise a record of his quest for spiritual enlightenment. Although Santoka was master of conventional-style haiku, which he wrote in his youth, the vast majority of his works, and those for which he is most admired, are ... Read more
In April 1926, the Japanese poet Taneda Santoka (1882-1940) set off on the first of many walking trips, journeys in which he tramped thousands of miles through the Japanese countryside. These journeys were part of his religious training as a Buddhist monk as well as literary inspiration for his memorable and often painfully moving poems. The works he wrote during this time comprise a record of his quest for spiritual enlightenment. Although Santoka was master of conventional-style haiku, which he wrote in his youth, the vast majority of his works, and those for which he is most admired, are ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Series
Modern Asian Literature Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231125178
SKU
V9780231125178
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About Santoka Taneda
Burton Watson's translations include The Selected Poems of Du Fu, The Lotus Sutra, The Vimalakirti Sutra, Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home, and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century, all published by Columbia.
Reviews for For All My Walking: Free-Verse Haiku of Taneda Santoka
This book enhances, rather than replaces, what has gone before.
David Burleigh Modern Haiku
David Burleigh Modern Haiku