Sun at midnight Poems and letters
Book - 2013
"Long out of print, this reissue is the first translation into English of the work of Muso Soseki, the thirteenth-century Zen roshi and founder of the rock garden. A gorgeous introduction by co-translator W.S. Merwin sets the stage for 130 poems and six letters to the Emperor that combine delicacy and lightness with penetrating plainness. Essential for poets, gardeners, and students of Zen. Born ten years after Dante Alighieri, Muso Soseki was the most famous Zen monk of his time, and is considered the father of the rock garden. Muso spent much of his early life practicing Zen in remote temples and hermitages. In spite of this isolation, his reputation grew, and he served as an advisor and teacher to several emperors, as well as to mor...e than thirteen thousand students. W.S. Merwin is one of the world's foremost translators of poetry. Co-translator Soiku Shigematsu is a Zen scholar, poet, and translator who serves as the abbot of Shogen-ji Temple in Shimizu, Japan."--
- Subjects
- Published
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Port Townsend, Washington :
Copper Canyon Press
[2013]
- Language
- English
Japanese - Main Author
- Other Authors
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- Physical Description
- xxxiv, 195 pages ; 19 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781556594397
- Introduction
- Wandering
- A Lodging House in Town
- Buddha's Satori
- For Taihci Osho
- Rinzan Osho Visits Me
- "I'm not so deep in it"
- Reply to Rinzan Osho
- Thanks for Daisen Osho's Visit
- "Chick feed is what I eat"
- "Loud thunder"
- Thanks Sent to Taihei Osho
- From My Hut in Miura
- "In these mountain villages and harbor towns"
- "From the beginning"
- "East of the strait"
- "My thatched hut"
- "All on my own I'm happy"
- Heaven Peak
- Gem Mountain
- Another Summit
- Bamboo Garden
- To the Emperor's Messenger
- Old Creek
- Snow Valley
- Dry Tree
- Old Man in Retirement
- Strange Peak
- Poem on Dry Mountain (a Zen Garden)
- At the Nachi Kannon Hail
- Spring Cliff
- Reply to Gen'no Osho's Poem
- For the Death of a Monk
- "Peoples abuse"
- To Kengai Oshd of Engaku-ji
- Moon Mountain
- Free Old Man
- Visiting My Old Hut in Late Spring
- "On the blue waves"
- Laughing Mountain
- Inauguration of Fukusan Dormitory
- Cloud Mountain
- At Gen's Embarkation for Yuan China
- At Kan's Embarkation for Yuan China
- At Iku's Embarkation for Yuan China
- Mourning for the Layman Named Cloud Peak
- Patriarch Peaks
- East Peak
- Old Hut
- Tengan Osho's Visit to Erin-ji
- Living in the Mountains: Ten Poems
- "In this small hut"
- "Among rocks and valleys"
- "Very high this mountain"
- "All worries and troubles"
- "A curtain of cloud hangs"
- "Don't ask suspiciously"
- "I wake from my noon nap"
- "Green mountains"
- "Time for a walk"
- "With compassionate hands"
- Pine Shade
- Plum Window
- Jewel Field
- Truth Hall
- No Precedent
- Old Man To-The-Point
- Old Man Advancing
- Abiding Mountain
- Snow Garden
- One Hut
- Moon Tree Cliff
- Gem Creek
- No-Word Hut
- Old Mountain
- No End Point
- Lover of Mountains
- Suzan Osho's Visit
- Reply to Suzan Osho's Snow Poem
- The Pure Sound Gate of the Riverside Temple
- For Gen the New Head Priest of Erin-ji
- For Myo's Departure for Anzen-ji
- For Myd's Departure for Shofuku-ji
- For Tetsu the New Head Priest of Erin-ji
- For Sho the New Head Priest of Erin-ji
- At Whole-World-In-View Hut
- Ashikaga Tadayoshi's Palace
- Climbing Down the Snowy Mountain
- Snow at Rdhatsu Sesshin
- It
- Magnificent Peak
- Reply to Bukko Zenji's Poem at Seiken-ji
- Snow
- Gem Forest
- Withered Zen
- The Fragrance of the Udumbara
- House of Spring
- No Gain
- Seashore
- For Ko Who Has Come Back from China
- Ten Scenes in the Dragon of Heaven Temple
- The Gate of Universal Light
- Incomparable-Verse Valley
- Hall of the Guardian God
- Hui-neng's Pond
- The Peak of the Held-Up Flower
- The Bridge Where the Moon Crosses
- Three-Step Waterfall
- Cave of the Thousand Pines
- Dragon-Gate House
- Turtle Head Stupa
- Tiger Valley
- Toki-no-Ge (Satori Poem)
- The Garden at the Generals Residence
- Temple of Eternal Light
- Mugoku Osho's Snow Poem
- Suzan Osho's Visit to My West Mountain Hut
- On the Wall of Cloud-Friend Hue
- Digging Out the Buddha Relic
- Reply to a Friends Poem
- Ox Turned Loose
- Clear Valley
- Old Man at Leisure
- Ancient Origin
- Old Man of Few Words
- Jewel Cliff
- Joy Mountain
- For a Monk Going West
- Flat Mountain
- Beyond the World
- Beyond Light
- Hut in Harmony
- Lamenting the Civil War
- Letters
- West Mountain Evening Talk
- On Gardens and the Way
- Muso's Admonition
- List of Names
- Notes to the Poems
- About the Translator