I discuss some characteristics of the jisei, aka the Japanese death poem, and some reasons this form of poetry is so deeply ingrained in Japanese culture, and provide some insight into what this type of poetry can teach us about life. ***************************************************************************************** Email me: marisadellefarfalle@gmail.com Twitter: twitter.com/marisadee13 Instagram: www.instagram.com/marisadf13 Buy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/marisadf13 I'd really appreciate it if you could rate and review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, as it'll help a lot more people find out about this show! Also, I recently started a new podcast! You can catch the first episode here: https://anchor.fm/marisa-d96/episodes/A-Brief-History-of-the-Penny-Dreadful-e15jj10 ***************************************************************************************** References: "Death poem." Wikipedia, July 13, 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_poem. Fisher, Martini. "The Honorable Death: Samurai and Seppuku in Feudal Japan." Ancient Origins, July 2, 2020, https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/honorable-death-samurai-and-suicide-feudal-japan-005822. "Haiku and Tanka Poems on Deathbed." Masterpieces of Japanese Culture, https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/literatures-and-poems/japanese-death-poems-by-famous-people. Kincaid, Chris. "Jisei: the Japanese Death Poem." Japan Powered, December 1, 2013, https://www.japanpowered.com/japan-culture/jisei-the-japanse-death-poem. Rose, Gayle Walters. "Jisei, Japanese Death Poems." dVerse, September 24, 2015, https://dversepoets.com/2015/09/24/jisei-japanese-death-poems/. Strusiewicz, Cezary Jan. "Jisei: The Art of Japanese Death Poems." Tokyo Weekender, January 07, 2021, https://www.tokyoweekender.com/2021/01/jisei-japanese-death-poems/.