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Between the Floating Mist: Poems of Ryokan (Companions for the Journey)
Between the Floating Mist Poems of Ryokan - Companions for the Journey Author:Ryokan “Just as Ryokan’s life is inseparable from his poetry, the translation’s clarity of diction is inseparable from the sensitive brushwork on each page. A book to be gazed into again and again.”?Charlotte Mandel, Small PressWhat shall remain — as my legacy? — The spring flowers — the cu... more »ckoo in summer,
the autumn leaves.Ryokan (1758–1831) was a poet, master calligrapher, Zen hermit, and is one of the most beloved poets of Japan. Instead of becoming the head of a Zen temple, he preferred the simple and independent life of a hermit. Ryokan’s poetry is simple, direct, and colloquial in expression.« less