Ryōkan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan Paperback - 1992
by Ryōkan; Burton Watson (Translator)
First line
Though travels take me to a different stopping place each night the dream I dream is always that same one of home
From the rear cover
Ryokan (1758-1831), a Buddhist monk in the Zen sect, was a major figure in Tokugawa poetry. Though 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, lonely snowbound winters, begging expeditions to town, meetings with friends, romps with the village children. At the same time they show us how rich a spiritual and intellectual life a man could enjoy in the midst of poverty. Ryokan's unusual personality and outlook are evident in this volume. His Japanese poems (waka) were influenced by the poets of the eighth-century Man'yoshu anthology. Eighty-three representative works are presented here. He also wrote Chinese poems (Kanshi), some doctrinal in nature and many inspired by Han-shan, a Buddhist recluse and Master of Cold Mountain. Forty-three of these are included in the collection. To enrich the text, the original Japanese poems are provided in romanized form. Also included are an explanation of the Buddhist practice of begging for food, and an introduction by Burton Watson.
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- Title Ryōkan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan
- Author Ryōkan; Burton Watson (Translator)
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 126
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Columbia University Press, New York, NY
- Date 1992-05-05
- ISBN 9780231044158 / 0231044151
- Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.38 x 0.37 in (20.83 x 13.67 x 0.94 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
- Dewey Decimal Code 895
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