The Forest Within the Gate: Poems & Photographs from Kyoto - Couverture souple

Shiffert, Edith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1877800074 ISBN 13 : 9781877800078

Editeur : Springhouse Editions, 2006

Synopsis

Poetry. Art. This book of haiku and photographs was conceived as a gift for poet Edith Shiffert on entering her ninety-first year. Shiffert has lived in Kyoto, Japan since 1963. She is the author of twelve collections of poetry, and has co-translated several volumes of Japanese poetry. Photographer John Einarsen, whose black-and-white images of Kyoto appear here paired with Shiffert's haiku, is the founding editor of Kyoto Journal. He writes in the preface: "Edith's writings, which contain Buddhist and Taoist sensibilities, yet remain totally individualistic, have taught me over the years to see Kyoto, nature, and existence from a new and profound perspective...I suspect that her poems and my photographs were essentially approached in a similar way: mostly by walking, with little or no purpose in mind, and simply recording impressions just as they were encountered."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springhouse Editions
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1877800074
• ISBN 13: 9781877800078
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 30
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible