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ZEN
MASTERS
OF
JAPAN
Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
Copyright © 2013 Richard Bryan McDaniel
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Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Prologue in China
CHAPTER ONE
The Pioneers
Kakua
Myoan Eisai
Ryonen Myozen
CHAPTER TWO
Dogen Kigen
CHAPTER THREE
Dogen’s Successors
Koun Ejo
Tettsu Gikai
Gien
CHAPTER FOUR
Chinese Connections
Bukko Kokushi
Chiyono [Mugai Nyodai]
Enni Ben’en [Shoichi Kokushi]
Mukan Fumon [Daimin Kokushi]
Shinchi Kakushin
Nampo Jomyo [Daio Kokushi]
CHAPTER FIVE
Hanazono’s Zen Masters
Shuho Myocho [Daito Kokushi]
Kanzan Egen
CHAPTER SIX
Temple Founders
Keizan Jokin
Muso Soseki
CHAPTER SEVEN
Bassui
CHAPTER EIGHT
Ikkyu Sojun
CHAPTER NINE
Zen Style
Sesshu Toyo
Murata Shuko
Soeki Rikyu
CHAPTER TEN
Takuan Soho and Martial Zen
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Suzuki Shosan
CHAPTER TWELVE
Four 17th Century Masters
Gudo Toshoku
Shido Munan
Ingen Ryuki
Dokutan Shokei
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Bankei Yotaku
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
The Poet
Matsuo Basho
Joso
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Shoju Rojin and His Disciple
Dokyo Etan [Shoju Rojin]
Hakuin Ekaku [beginning]
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Hakuin Ekaku
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Hakuin’s Heirs
Torei Enji
Gasan Jito
Inzan Ien
Takuju Kosen
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Sengai Gibon and Ryokan Daigu
Sengai Gibon
Ryokan Daigu
CHAPTER NINETEEN
The Meiji Era
Nan-in
Tanzan