Ryōkan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ryōkan, Burton Watson (Translator)Series:Translations from the Asian ClassicsPublish date:1992-05-05Pages:126
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231044158ISBN-10:231044151UPC:9780231044158Book Category:Poetry, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Asian, Literary FiguresBook Topic:JapaneseSize:8.20 x 5.38 x 0.37 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCBZVJHWVF
Ryōkan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan
Ryokan (1758-1831), a Buddhist monk in the Zen sect, was a major figure in Tokugawa poetry. Although a Zen master, he never headed a temple but chose to live alone in simple huts and to support himself by begging. His poems are mainly a record of his daily activities - of chores and outings to gather firewood and edible plants, lonely snow-bound winters, begging expeditions to town, meetings with...
Series: Translations from the Asian Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231044158ISBN-10:231044151UPC:9780231044158Book Category:Poetry, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Asian, Literary FiguresBook Topic:JapaneseSize:8.20 x 5.38 x 0.37 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCBZVJHWVF
Burton Watson is one of the world's best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. His translations include The Lotus Sutra, The Vimalakirti Sutra, Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings, Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home, and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century, all published by Columbi
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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