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Five Mountain hermits of Japan - hermit's thatch
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Ry?nen Gens?, The Poet Who Disfigured Herself - Japan Powered
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| | Japan has a long history of literary and artistic women. If you look at the education of women, Japan's history would resemble a sine curve. Some periods
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Heian Period Japan: Tengu hinotama fire ball legends
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| | Tengu of Japan hinotama hi no tama fire ball legends
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Reflections on "Japanese Death Poems," Yoel Hoffman | Trellia's Mirror Book
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| | As Samhain approaches, now seemed like a good time to read and reflect upon this collection of Japanese "death poems," compiled byYoel Hoffman. There's a tradition among Zen Buddhist monks and poets in Japan to compose one final poem during their final hours of life - a jisei, often translated into English as "death poem."...
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Delights: June 30 to July 6 - Fashioned For Joy
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| June 30: Our movie theatre is hosting a summer-long festival of animated films by the legendary Studio Gibli, co-founded by the acclaimed director and animator Hayao Miyazaki. So I attended a matinee of Howl's Moving Castle, having just read the book by Diana Wynne Jones. (Thanks, Dianne, for the recommendation!) I loved the book, which...