What is jisei?
what are the three different ways jisei was written?
what is “dualistic thinking” and why might a samurai poet want to eliminate it?
what is death linked to or what does it tell us about a person?
how did the use of imagery in these poems change over time?
what happens when japanese poems are translated into english?
analyze the poems from the article for meaning in the box next to them. in other words, interpret what the poem means based on the imagery included and what you learned about dualistic thinking. an example is provided at the top.