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Buddhist : Zen / Chan
15th Century

 

About Ikkyu

Timeline (1394 - 1481)

 

 

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English version by
Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto

Original Language
Japanese
Form in Void

Themes
  Spring Blossom
  Tree
  Water
 
 

 

Recommended Books

Crow With No Mouth: Fifteenth Century Zen Master Ikkyu, Translated by Stephen Berg
The Poetry of Zen: (Shambhalla Library), Edited by Sam Hamill / Edited by J. P. Seaton
Wild Ways: Zen Poems of Ikkyu, Translated by John Stevens
Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter, Translated by Lucien Stryk / Translated by Takashi Ikemoto

The tree is stripped,
All color, fragrance gone,
Yet already on the bough,
Uncaring spring!

 

 

-- from Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter, Translated by Lucien Stryk / Translated by Takashi Ikemoto

 

 

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