| Mountain Tasting Contributor(s): Taneda, Santoka (Author), Stevens, John (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1935210998 ISBN-13: 9781935210993 Publisher: White Pine Press (NY) OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Literary Criticism | Asian - General - Poetry | Asian - Japanese |
| Dewey: 895.614 |
| Series: Companions for the Journey |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.9" W x 6.9" (0.44 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mountain Tasting gathers a wide cross section of haiku and a selection of the diaries of the wandering Japanese poet, Santoka (1882-1940). Santoka lived his life in the long zen hermit wandering poetic tradition of Japan that includes Basho, Ryokan and Saigyo. His zen practice was that of solitary walking and begging. The open road was to become both his |