{"product_id":"gazing-at-the-moon-buddhist-poems-of-solitude-9781611809428","title":"Gazing at the Moon: Buddhist Poems of Solitude","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fresh translation of the classical Buddhist poetry of Saigyō, whose aesthetics of nature, love, and sorrow came to epitomize the Japanese poetic tradition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSaigyō, the Buddhist name of Fujiwara no Norikiyo (1118-1190), is one of Japan's most famous and beloved poets. He was a recluse monk who spent much of his life wandering and seeking after the Buddhist way. Combining his love of poetry with his spiritual evolution, he produced beautiful, lyrical lines infused with a Buddhist perception of the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGazing at the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e presents over one hundred of Saigyō's \u003ci\u003etanka\u003c\/i\u003e--traditional 31-syllable poems--newly rendered into English by renowned translator Meredith McKinney. This selection of poems conveys Saigyō's story of Buddhist awakening, reclusion, seeking, enlightenment, and death, embodying the Japanese aesthetic ideal of \u003ci\u003emono no aware\u003c\/i\u003e--to be moved by sorrow in witnessing the ephemeral world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meredith McKinney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shambhala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.4lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611809428","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713311838345,"sku":"9781611809428","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_2cdb2cc3-06ae-42ab-9099-e9c1f1a08bc6.jpg?v=1719608601","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/gazing-at-the-moon-buddhist-poems-of-solitude-9781611809428","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}