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Between the floating mist : poems of Ryokan


Poems.


Dewdrops on a lotus leaf : Zen poems of Ryokan



Great Fool : Zen master Ryokan : poems, letters, and other writings


Ryokan Taigu (1758-1831) remains one of the most popular figures in Japanese Buddhist history. Despite his religious and artistic sophistication (he excelled in scriptural studies, in calligraphy, and in poetry), Ryokan referred to himself as “Great Fool,” refusing to place himself within any established religious institution. In contrast to Zen …


Ryokan, Zen monk-poet of Japan


Consists chiefly of translations of selected Japanese and Chinese poems, the former with romanized Japanese text in parallel columns.


The Kanshi poems of Taigu Ryokan


One hundred poems by Japan’s great poet Taigu Ryokan (1758-1831) included in English, original Chinese, and in Japanese, translated by poets Mei Hui Liu Huang and Larry Smith.


The Zen fool Ryokan


Includes English translations of selected Japanese and Chinese poems along with the original text and romanized Japanese for the former.


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