Author: Taigu Ryokan
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The Zen poems of Ryokan
Poems.
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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.
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Dewdrops on a lotus leaf : Zen poems of Ryokan
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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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Ryokan
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Good quiet
Poems.
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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 masters of his time who…
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Sky above, great wind : the life and poetry of Zen Master Ryokan
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Between the floating mist : poems of Ryokan
Poems.
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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.