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  1. Great Fool
    Zen master Ryōkan : poems, letters, and other writings
    Author: Ryōkan,
    Published: 1996
    Publisher:  University of Hawaiì Press, Honolulu ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    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... more

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    Bibliothek der Hochschule Mainz, Untergeschoss
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    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. 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.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Abe, Ryūichi; Haskel, Peter
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0585304971; 9780585304977; 9780824862701; 0824862708
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 306 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-294) and index
  2. Great Fool
    Zen master Ryōkan : poems, letters, and other writings
    Author: Ryōkan
    Published: c1996
    Publisher:  University of Hawaiì Press, Honolulu

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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0585304971; 0824862708; 9780585304977; 9780824862701
    RVK Categories: EI 5678
    Subjects: Zen; LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General; PHILOSOPHY / Zen
    Other subjects: Ryōkan; Ryōkan / 1758-1831; Ryōkan (1758-1831)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 306 p.)
    Notes:

    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

    Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-294) and index

    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

    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

    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