The Wind from Vulture Peak
The Buddhification of Japanese Waka in the Heian Period

Stephen D. Miller (Author)

9781933947662

Paperback / softback, published 30 June 2013

480 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm, 0.907 kg

The breadth and depth of this work and the brilliance of the translations constitute a significant contribution to the field of Japanese literature.

The Wind from Vulture Peak addresses the history of the gradual incorporation of Buddhist concepts into Heian waka poetry and the development among court poets of a belief in the production of that poetry as a Buddhist practice in itself.