Ryokan: Zen Monk-poet of Japan (Translations from the Asian Classics)

by Burton Watson (Author), Burton Watson (Author)

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1992
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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.

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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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 138
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 14 Apr 1992
ISBN 10: 0231044151
ISBN 13: 9780231044158

Ryokan: Zen Monk-poet of Japan (Translations from the Asian Classics)

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