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The Kanshi poems of Taigu Ryokan

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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.

japanese title: Taigu Ryokan kanshishu
notes: Japanese title: Taigu Ryokan kanshishu. Contents: Great fool: Taigu Ryokan, Zen master Ryokan, Poems of children, My hut, Travel poems, Poems of friendship, A monk’s journal, Spring poems, Summer poems, Fall poems, Winter poems, Poems of aging, Zen meditations. In original Japanese with parallel translations in English and Chinese.
subjects: Kanshi
Zen poetry
genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9781933964256
OCLC number: 311793308
publisher: Bottom Dog Press
publication place: Huron, OH
english publication date: 2009
document type: Book
description: 168 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
related: Harmony series (Huron, Ohio)