Gazing at the Moon
1500 years of lunar exploration and encounters

This is an exquisite book. Saigyo had it all going for him but renounced a life of comfort and privilege for that of a wandering renunciant monk. Thank goodness for us he did. This incredible moving collection of tanka poetry has an immense capacity to move you, to inspire you to slow down, to pay a......more

This little book is a must read for lovers of hermits, nature, and solitude. Anyone who reads my reviews knows that I happen to have this thing about hermits--especially Japanese Buddhist monks who ‘turn from the world’ and go off to live in a mountain hut or as an itinerant monk, practicing a life......more

A lucid Japanese life in tanka. Some true jewels here.......more

Saigyo’s ruminations as he spends time alone, contemplating. From being alone to water, and loneliness to his impending death. #GoodreadsGiveaway......more