Meredith McKinney

A fresh translation of the classical Buddhist poetry of Saigyo, the wandering monk whose aesthetics of nature, love, and sorrow became foundational to the Japanese poetic tradition. A fresh translation of the classical Buddhist poetry of Saigyo, whose aesthetics of nature, love, and sorrow came to epitomise the Japanese poetic tradition. Saigyo, the Buddhist name of Fujiwara no Norikiyo (1118-1190),...