Ikkyu and the Crazy Cloud Anthology: A Zen Poet of Medieval Japan (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works. Japanese Series)

by Ikkyu, Sonya Arntzen (Translator), Shūichi Katō (Foreword)

English, Japanese

Genres: Poetry, Zen, Japanese Literature

Hardcover

First published March 1, 1987

About the author

Ikkyū (1394-1481) was an eccentric, iconoclastic Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and poet. He had a great impact on the infusion of Japanese art and literature with Zen attitudes and ideals.