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Ikkyu Sojun - Having Once Paused: Poems of Zen Master Ikkyu (1394-1481) - 9780472052561 - V9780472052561
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Having Once Paused: Poems of Zen Master Ikkyu (1394-1481)

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Description for Having Once Paused: Poems of Zen Master Ikkyu (1394-1481) Paperback. .
The influence of Zen Master Ikky? (1394–1481) permeates the full field of medieval Japanese aesthetics. Though best known as a poet, Ikky? was central to the shaping and reshaping of practices in calligraphy, Noh theater, tea ceremony, and rock gardening, all of which now define Japan’s sense of its cultural tradition. A lifelong outsider to religious establishments, Ikky? nonetheless accepted an imperial command to rebuild his home temple, Daitoku-ji, destroyed in the civil wars. He died before that project was complete.

Ikky?’s work is allusion rich, and, as is common to his Tang poetic models, Ikky?’s verse makes frequent ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
233g
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472052561
SKU
V9780472052561
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Ref
99-2

About Ikkyu Sojun
Sarah Messer is a well-regarded lyric poet and Associate Professor in Creative Writing at UNC-Wilmington, USA. Kidder Smith is Professor of History and Asian Studies at Bowdoin College, USA.

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