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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Chapter on Furyu worth the price of the book,
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This review is from: Basho And The Dao: The Zhuangzi And The Transformation Of Haikai (Hardcover)
I purchased this book after an extended period of research on Basho for a piece I was writing. The chapter on Furyu and Daoist Traits in Chinese Poetry contains the following sentence about fifteenth century priest-poet Ikkyu Sojun, "Having denounced the contemporary values of the Zen communities, Ikkyu turned to poetry and a furyu aesthetic for spiritual sustenance." This sentence confirmed my own research, and supported the idea that poetry and furyu have a capacity to nourish a person on her spiritual journey in a way that other disciplines and experiences can not.
If you are interested in Eastern philosophy, particularly Daoism, and its relationship to the artist's way, this book will provide you with solid scholarly material to ponder. The 29 page glossary reveals Qiu's linguistic prowess and is extremely helpful both for reading this book and for studying Chinese or Japanese poetry, especially haiku. I wasn't sure if I should spend the $63.00 for this book but it provided me with a deep and thorough study of Basho and the religious and philosophical underpinnings to his creative genius. |
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Basho And The Dao: The Zhuangzi And The Transformation Of Haikai by Peipei Qiu (Hardcover - August 30, 2005)
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