Rengetsu

Broschiertes Buch

Lotus Moon

The Poetry of Rengetsu

Beschreibung

The Zen poems of a nineteenth-century Japanese Buddhist nun.

Autor

Rengetsu (Lotus Moon) was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1791 the illigitimate daughter of a samurai and a young geisha. By age 33 she had lost two husbands and two infant children and she renounced the world and became a Buddhist Nun. To support herself she became a potter, poet and artist. Her work in these arts is still revered in Japan. Rengetsu (Lotus Moon) was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1791 the illigitimate daughter of a samurai and a young geisha. By age 33 she had lost two husbands and two infant children and she renounced the world and became a Buddhist Nun. To support herself she became a potter, poet and artist. Her work in these arts is still revered in Japan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: White Pine Press (NY)
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 175mm x 132mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 141g
• ISBN-13: 9781935210771
• ISBN-10: 1935210777
• Artikelnr.: 43485367