Lotus Moon - The Poetry of Rengetsu

The Zen poems of a nineteenth-century Japanese Buddhist nun.

About the author

Rengetsu (Lotus Moon) was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1791 the illigitimate daughter of a samurai and a young geisha. By age 33 she had lost two husbands and two infant children and she renounced the world and became a Buddhist Nun. To support herself she became a potter, poet and artist. Her work in these arts is still revered in Japan. Rengetsu (Lotus Moon) was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1791 the illigitimate daughter of a samurai and a young geisha. By age 33 she had lost two husbands and two infant children and she renounced the world and became a Buddhist Nun. To support herself she became a potter, poet and artist. Her work in these arts is still revered in Japan.

Summary

The Zen poems of a nineteenth-century Japanese Buddhist nun.

Foreword

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Product details

• Authors: Rengetsu
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781935210771
• ISBN: 978-1-935210-77-1
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 178 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 142 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions