Issue Details: First known date: 1981... 1981 By the Old Walls of Kyoto : A Year's Cycle of Landscape Poems with Prose Commentaries
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Michael Ackland's Damaged Men (2001): 247 comments: 'The work's subject is 'the poet's pilgrimage from the self-power methods of Zen to the Other Power teachings of Pure Land Buddhism... and gives a trustworthy account of the defeats and triumphs through which he passed.' Barry Leckenby says Stewart 'wrote Old Walls in celebration of Kyoto and Amida. It is the poetic soul's 'lonely planet' guide to Kyoto, providing a testament to how he overcomes his spiritual doubt. The thirteen narrative poems, each accompanied by an expositional essay, capture the essence of the Pure Land teachings, following the poet amongst the temples, through the quiet lanes at sunrise, up the mountains and across the fields of Kyoto in search of Amida's Pure Land -the land of ultimate happiness beyond this cycle of birth and death.' Source: 'Keeping the Faith: The Narrative Metaphysical Poems of Harold Stewart', Journal of Shin Buddhism website, http://www.nembutsu.info/keeping.htm.

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    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
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      Weatherhill ,
      1981 .
      Extent: xxv, 463,[24]leaves of platesp.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 083480154X

Works about this Work

'Some Presence Inevitably Shows through' : Harold Stewart's Haiku Versions Greg McLaren , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 22 no. 4 2006; (p. 460-470)
The author disputes claims that Harold Stewart's haiku translations represent a major poetic achievement.
Writing the East: Homosexuality and the Epic Endeavor of Harold Stewart Michael Ackland , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 15 no. 1 2001; (p. 18-21)
Zen and the Art of Poetry Richard McGregor , 1995 single work biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 March 1995; (p. rev 5)
Harold Stewart: A Tribute Michael Ackland , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , November vol. 39 no. 11 1995; (p. 30-33)
Pilgrim's Origress [sic] in Japan : Discovering Harold Stewart Ronald T. Dunlop , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 43 no. 2 1983; (p. 167-181)

— Review of By the Old Walls of Kyoto : A Year's Cycle of Landscape Poems with Prose Commentaries Harold Stewart , 1981 single work poetry
Untitled C. Blacker , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 30 October 1981; (p. 1272)

— Review of By the Old Walls of Kyoto : A Year's Cycle of Landscape Poems with Prose Commentaries Harold Stewart , 1981 single work poetry
Untitled Harold Bolitho , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 5 September 1981; (p. 27)

— Review of By the Old Walls of Kyoto : A Year's Cycle of Landscape Poems with Prose Commentaries Harold Stewart , 1981 single work poetry
Untitled Veronica Sen , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 October 1981; (p. 14)

— Review of By the Old Walls of Kyoto : A Year's Cycle of Landscape Poems with Prose Commentaries Harold Stewart , 1981 single work poetry
Untitled P. Warner , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 26-27 September 1981; (p. 11)

— Review of By the Old Walls of Kyoto : A Year's Cycle of Landscape Poems with Prose Commentaries Harold Stewart , 1981 single work poetry
Untitled C. Pearson , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 29 May 1982; (p. 25)

— Review of By the Old Walls of Kyoto : A Year's Cycle of Landscape Poems with Prose Commentaries Harold Stewart , 1981 single work poetry
'Some Presence Inevitably Shows through' : Harold Stewart's Haiku Versions Greg McLaren , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 22 no. 4 2006; (p. 460-470)
The author disputes claims that Harold Stewart's haiku translations represent a major poetic achievement.
Zen and the Art of Poetry Richard McGregor , 1995 single work biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 March 1995; (p. rev 5)
Harold Stewart: A Tribute Michael Ackland , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , November vol. 39 no. 11 1995; (p. 30-33)
A Painter in Words Dorothy Green , 1981 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Eastern Buddhist , Autumn. vol. 14 no. 2 1981; Asian Studies Association of Australia Review , April vol. 12 no. 3 1989; (p. 21-34)
Ern Malley's Other Half : Harold Stewart's "By the Old Walls of Kyoto" Dorothy Green , 1977 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , August vol. 21 no. 8 1977; (p. 33-39)
Last amended 12 Oct 2017 14:19:00
Subjects:
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    Japan,
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    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • Kyoto, Honshu,
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    Japan,
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    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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