Animals and Shinto in the Haiku of Issa

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Title

Animals and Shinto in the Haiku of Issa

Subject

Haiku, Japanese--history and criticism
Issa
Shinto

Description

David Lanoue illustrates with examples from Issa's haiku how ancient animistic Shinto beliefs, which coalesced with Buddhist ritual in the Heian period, survived until Issa's day, unalloyed by modern scepticism.

Creator

Lanoue, David G.

Publisher

Haiku Reality

Date

n. d.