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A Beginners Guide To Japanese Haiku by William Scott Wilson
Category: Poetry
An old pond;a frog jumps in: the sound of water-- Basho This comprehensive introduction to Japan's best-loved haiku poets is the perfect book for anyone wanting to learn about haiku. Compiled and with commentary by William Scott Wilson, the book features 26 poets and 550 haiku, exquisitely translate ...Show more
Book of Five Rings - Graphic Novel by William Scott Wilson (Translator); Chie Kutsuwada (Illustrator); Sean Michael Wilson; Miyamoto Musashi
Category: Graphic Novels
"the iconic book of confrontation and victory by the famed seventeenth-century duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi, illuminates this brilliant manifesto, which has long inspired martial artists and anyone interested in cultivating a strategic mind. With evocative drawings and a distilled but ...Show more
Life and Zen Haiku Poetry of Santoka Taneda by Oyama Sumita; William Scott Wilson (Translator)
Category: Poetry
The fascinating and quirky biography of a disheveled poet, skillfully interwoven with his original works. Zen monk Santoka Taneda (1882-1940) is one of Japan's most beloved modern poets, famous for his "free-verse" haiku, the dominant style today. This book tells the fascinating story of his life, l ...Show more
Pocket Samurai by William Scott Wilson
Category: Business
Selected writings from the most influential texts of the samurai era--in a pocket-size edition.The samurai of Japan, who were the country's military elite from medieval times to the end of the nineteenth century, were synonmous with valor, honor, and martial arts prowess. Their strict adherence to the c ...Show more
Tao Te Ching: A Graphic Novel by Sean Michael Wilson; William Scott Wilson (Translator); Cary Kwok (Illustrator)
Category: Graphic Novels
A contemporary graphic novel adaptation of a spiritual classic.This graphic-novel version of the Tao Te Ching--the poetic classic that is the philosophical and religious basis of Taoism--brings the teachings into a modern light in a completely fresh and unique way. Each of the 81 poem-passages of the Ta ...Show more
The Bushido Code - Words of Wisdom from Japan's Greatest Samurai by Tadashi Kamiko; William Scott Wilson (Translator)
Category: Philosophy and Religion
Words of wisdom from great samurai leaders: A collection of inspiring essays and aphorisms from Japan's leading warriorsSamurai warrior leaders had to deal with grim conditions of life, death and survival. But such men were not simply rough uneducated fighters: they often personified the Far Eastern ide ...Show more
The Pocket Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo; William Scott Wilson
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Shambhala Pocket Library
Living and dying with bravery and honor is at the heart of Hagakure, a series of over 1,300 short texts written by eighteenth-century samurai Yamamoto Tsunetomo. These texts illuminate the classic Japanese concept of bushido (the Way of the Warrior), which dictated how samurai were expected to behave, c ...Show more
Walking the Kiso Road: A Modern-Day Exploration of Old Japan by William Scott Wilson
Category: Travel
Step back into old Japan in this fascinating travelogue of the famous Kiso Road, an ancient route used by samurai and warlords, which remains much the same today as it did hundreds of years ago. Travel with William Scott Wilson, esteemed translator of samurai philosophy, along Japan's famous Kiso Road ( ...Show more
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