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Between the Floating Mist: Poems of 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 Press

What shall remain

as my legacy?

The spring flowers

the cuckoo 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.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 96
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781935210054
  • Genres
  • poetry, zen
  • Release date
  • 2009