Songs in the Garden: Poetry and Gardens in Ancient Japan AUTH-15274817 Average daily circulation of the

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he retired devoting his time to cutting firewood

Author: Richard Batar

and readers can hardly fail to be challenged by the spiritual concerns of the translators

Songs in the Garden: Poetry and Gardens in Ancient Japan AUTH-15274817 Average daily circulation of theThe garden as a poem. Not simply a beautiful design to be appreciated by looking, but a living poem that can actually be read. That is the way gardens were thought of in Japan during the Heian period (794 1185). In that ancient society, a detailed understanding of poetry was an essential part of life for people in the literate classes. Poetic anthologies were learned by heart and all manner of communications either included poems or were interwoven