Japanese death poems =
Subtitle: [Jisei]
By: written by Zen monks and Haiku poets on the verge of death ; compiled with an introduction and commentary by Yoel Hoffmann.
Contributors: Hoffmann, Yoel.
Publisher: C.E. Tuttle Co.
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Rutland, Vt
Language: eng; jpn
Number of pages: 366
Subjects: Chinese poetry -- Zen authors -- Translations into English.; Chinese poetry -- Japan -- Translations into English.; Death -- Poetry.; Haiku -- Translations into English.
Other titles: Jisei.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 343-347.
Poems translated from the Japanese.
Title also represented in Japanese characters.
Includes indexes.