RyÅkan: zen monk-poet of japan
Auteur :
RyÅkan
Éditeur :
Columbia University Press
ISBN :
9780231044158
Date de publication :
5 mai 1992
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
An anthology of the verse of Ryokan (1758-1831), a Buddhist monk of the Zen sect, who was a major figure in Tokugawa poetry. It contains not only representative works influenced by poets of the 8th-century, but also a number of Chinese poems (kanshi) which are doctrinal in nature.