The Moon in a Dewdrop
Location
Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094
Presentation Type
Presentation
Start Date
19-9-2019 11:00 AM
Description
This paper explores the many ways of looking at the moon in ancient China and Japan, from the moon viewing parties and linked poetry contests of the Chinese intelligentsia, and the poems of China’s greatest writers to Japan’s classic text “The Manyoshu” to the haiku and painted scrolls of the Zen monks.
Recommended Citation
Jackson, Michael E., "The Moon in a Dewdrop" (2019). Humanities Symposium. 13.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2019/2019/13
The Moon in a Dewdrop
Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094
This paper explores the many ways of looking at the moon in ancient China and Japan, from the moon viewing parties and linked poetry contests of the Chinese intelligentsia, and the poems of China’s greatest writers to Japan’s classic text “The Manyoshu” to the haiku and painted scrolls of the Zen monks.
Comments
Convocation Credit: Society and the Arts & Sciences