Japanese Death Poems : (Record no. 60068)
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| fixed length control field | 01940cam a2200253 a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 851216s1986 vtu b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780804856782 (PB) |
| 041 1# - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 080 ## - UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Universal Decimal Classification number | 82-1 |
| Item number | HOF |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Hoffmann, Yoel (Ed.) |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Japanese Death Poems : |
| Sub Title | Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Rutland |
| Name of publisher | Tuttle |
| Year of publication | 1986 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 352p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Poems translated from the Japanese. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Title also represented in Japanese characters. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes indexes. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Bibliography: p. 336-353. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Although the consciousness of death is, in most cultures, very much a part of life, this is perhaps nowhere more true than in Japan, where the approach of death has given rise to a centuries-old tradition of writing jisei, or the "death poem." Such a poem is often written in the very last moments of the poet's life. Hundreds of Japanese death poems, many with a commentary describing the circumstances of the poet's death, have been translated into English here, the great majority of them for the first time. Yoel Hoffmann explores the attitudes and customs surrounding death in historical and present-day Japan, and gives examples of how these have been reflected in the nation's literature in general. The development of writing jisei is then examined -- from the poems of longing of the early nobility and the more "masculine" verses of the samurai to the satirical death poems of later centuries. Zen Buddhist ideas about death are also described as a preface to the collection of Chinese death poems by Zen monks that are also included. Finally, the last section contains three hundred twenty haiku, some of which have never been assembled before, in English translation and romanized in Japanese |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Chinese poetry |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Japanese poetry |
| Form subdivision | Haiku |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Death Poetry |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | General |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BOOKS |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Current library | Shelving location | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| IMSc Library | Second Floor, Rack No: 51, Shelf No: 12 | 82-1 HOF | 77596 | BOOKS |