Pure Land Haiku The Art Of Priest Issa Revised Second Print Edition [Paperback]

No mere child's poet, Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828) is an aware and committed artist who celebrates, in a lifetime of haiku, the Other Power of Amida Buddha: a power that transforms the individual and universe or, more exactly, the individual/universe in their inseparableness. This is the first book-length English-language treatment of this remarkable Japanese poet in relation to his joyful, priestly mission.