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Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan - Translations from the Asian Classics
Ryokan
Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan - Translations from the Asian Classics
Ryokan
An anthology of the verse of Ryokan (1758-1831), a Buddhist monk of the Zen sect, who was a major figure in Tokugawa poetry. It contains not only representative works influenced by poets of the 8th-century, but also a number of Chinese poems (kanshi) which are doctrinal in nature.
126 pages, Ill.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | May 5, 1992 |
ISBN13 | 9780231044158 |
Publishers | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 126 |
Dimensions | 200 × 131 × 6 mm · 158 g |
Translator | Watson, Burton |