Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 306 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Electronic reproduction
ISBN:
0824817419
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082481777X
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0585304971
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0824862708
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9780824817411
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9780824817770
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9780585304977
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9780824862701
Content:
Great Fool is the first study in a Western language to offer a comprehensive picture of the legendary poet-monk and his oeuvre. It includes not only an extensive collection of the master's kanshi, topically arranged to facilitate an appreciation of Ryokan's colorful world, but selections of his waka, essays, and letters. The volume also presents for the first time in English the Ryokan zenji kiwa (Curious Accounts of the Zen Master Ryokan), a firsthand source composed by a former student less than sixteen years after Ryokan's death. Consisting of anecdotes and episodes, sketches from Ryokan's everyday life, the Curious Accounts is invaluable for showing how Ryokan was understood and remembered by his contemporaries. To further assist the reader, three introductory essays approach Ryokan from the diverse perspectives of his personal history and literary work
Content:
Taigu Ryokan (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 presided over large monasteries, trained students, or produced recondite treatises, Ryokan followed a life of mendicancy in the countryside. Instead of delivering sermons, he expressed himself through kanshi (poems composed in classical Chinese) and waka (poems in Japanese syllabary) and could typically be found playing with the village children in the course of his daily rounds of begging
Content:
Essays. Ryokan of Mount Kugami / Peter Haskel. A Poetics of Mendicancy: Nondualist Philosophy and Ryokan's Figurative Strategies / Ryuichi Abe. Commemorating Ryokan: The Origin and Growth of Ryokan Biographies / Ryuichi Abe -- Translations. Curious Accounts of the Zen Master Ryokan / Kera Yoshishige. Kanshi (Poems in Chinese). My Poems Aren't Poems. With My Begging Bowl. In My Hut. Playing with the Children. Mountains and Mists. Wandering. Meditations. Neighbors and Friends. Butterfly Dreams. Strolling without a Care. Waka (Poems in Japanese). Dew on the Lotus. Letters. Reflections on Buddhism. Invitation to the Way. The Priesthood. On Begging One's Food. Fragments. Words of Advice
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-294) and index
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Electronic reproduction
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0824817419
Additional Edition:
ISBN 082481777X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780824817411
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780824817770
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ryōkan, 1758-1831 Great Fool Honolulu : University of Hawaiì Press, ©1996
Language:
English
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Author information:
Ryōkan 1758-1831
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