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Buddhist : Zen / Chan
19th Century

About Natsume Soseki

Timeline (1867 - 1916)

 Natsume Soseki, Natsume Soseki poetry, Buddhist, Buddhist poetry, Zen / Chan poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry

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English version by
Soiku Shigematsu

Original Language
Japanese
The lamp once out

 
 
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

A Box of Zen: Haiku the Poetry of Zen, Koans the Lessons of Zen, Sayings the Wisdom of Zen, Edited by Manuela Dunn Mascetti / Edited by Timothy Hugh Barrett
Kokoro, by Natsume Soseki
Zen Haiku: Poems and Letters of Natsume Soseki, by Natsume Soseki / Translated by Soiku Shigematsu

The lamp once out
Cool stars enter
The window frame.

 

 

-- from Zen Haiku: Poems and Letters of Natsume Soseki, by Natsume Soseki / Translated by Soiku Shigematsu

Amazon.com

 

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