The Tale of Saigyo and The Inferno both trace the unique journeys of two interesting figures, Saigyo and Dante. The two journeys are differing in that one is a journey through the life of a Buddhist monk, and the other is a journey through the different circles of hell. The Tale of Saigyo is a poetic biography of the late Heian poet Saigyo (1118-1190), one of the most loved and respected poets in Japanese literary …showed first 75 words of 336 total…

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