Japanese Buddhist poetry and the shadow of life: Henjō (816-890) and Sōgi (1421-1502)
Japanese Buddhist poetry and the shadow of life: Henjō (816-890) and Sōgi (1421-1502) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Two short poems by two Buddhist holy men who hail from Japan say much about the shadow of life and the memories that are left behind. It matters not that both poets come from very contrasting times in history. After all, Henjō (816-890) was born in the ninth century...