A Japanese Dream in Seventy-Nine Letters

A Japanese Dream in Seventy-Nine Letters PDF Author: Martin Gliman
Publisher: Lulu
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Languages : en
Pages : 156

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This is the story of Namiko. She travels to Oxford (England) to improve her English. After having returned to Japan she starts writing seventy-nine love-letters

A Japanese Dream in Seventy-Nine Letters

A Japanese Dream in Seventy-Nine Letters PDF Author: Martin Gliman
Publisher: Lulu
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156

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This is the story of Namiko. She travels to Oxford (England) to improve her English. After having returned to Japan she starts writing seventy-nine love-letters

Seventy-Nine Letters from Kyoto

Seventy-Nine Letters from Kyoto PDF Author: Martin Gliman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781470075880
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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This is the story of Namiko. She travels from Kyoto to Oxford to improve her English. After having returned to Japan she starts writing seventy-nine love-letters.

My Seventy Nine Years in Hawaii

My Seventy Nine Years in Hawaii PDF Author: Chung Kun Ai
Publisher:
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Category : Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 636

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Chinese businessman's life in Hawaii who created City Mill. The story includes famous figures like Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek. Some genealogical information with numerous images -- ebay.com

Last Lecture

Last Lecture PDF Author: Perfection Learning Corporation
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9781663608192
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Continent

Continent PDF Author:
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Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 720

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Old Home Week Celebration, August 19-22, 1904

Old Home Week Celebration, August 19-22, 1904 PDF Author: Centerville Old Home Week Association (Centerville, Mass.)
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Category : Centerville (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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An Invisible Friendship

An Invisible Friendship PDF Author: Joyce Grenfell
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Peace, a Dream Unfolding

Peace, a Dream Unfolding PDF Author: Penney Kome
Publisher: Random House (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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The Musical Record

The Musical Record PDF Author:
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 960

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Japanese Death Poems

Japanese Death Poems PDF Author:
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 146291649X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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"A wonderful introduction the Japanese tradition of jisei, this volume is crammed with exquisite, spontaneous verse and pithy, often hilarious, descriptions of the eccentric and committed monastics who wrote the poems." --Tricycle: The Buddhist Review 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 vast 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 longing poems 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.