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Buddhist : Zen / Chan
18th Century

About Kobayashi Issa

Timeline (1763 - 1828)

 Kobayashi Issa, Kobayashi Issa poetry, Buddhist, Buddhist poetry, Zen / Chan poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry

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English version by
Gabriel Rosenstock

Original Language
Japanese
by the light of graveside lanterns

Themes
  Light
 
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

A Box of Zen: Haiku the Poetry of Zen, Koans the Lessons of Zen, Sayings the Wisdom of Zen, Edited by Manuela Dunn Mascetti / Edited by Timothy Hugh Barrett
The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell
The Poetry of Zen: (Shambhalla Library), Edited by Sam Hamill / Edited by J. P. Seaton
Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter, Translated by Lucien Stryk / Translated by Takashi Ikemoto

by the light of graveside lanterns
eating rice -
totally naked

 

1805

 

 

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