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Paperback Blossom Awakening: The Life and Poetry of Wandering Monk Saigyo Book

ISBN: 1645473635

ISBN13: 9781645473633

Blossom Awakening: The Life and Poetry of Wandering Monk Saigyo

The essential introduction to Saigyō, one of Japan's greatest and most enduring poets.

Born in the twelfth century during a time of great political upheaval and warfare, Saigyō made the shocking decision in his youth to resign from his respectable post as a guard to the emperor's family and pursue a life of Buddhist renunciation, wilderness wandering, and poetry. Over his lifetime he became one of Japan's most celebrated poets,...

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Releases Jul 15, 2025

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