Sengai: The Zen of Ink and Paper - Couverture souple

Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1570624895 ISBN 13 : 9781570624896

Editeur : Shambhala Publications Inc, 1999

Synopsis

Book by Suzuki Daisetz T

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Gibbon Sengai (1750 1837) was known for his humor and unorthodox teaching style. A Zen master of the Rinzai school, he was also one of the most illustrious artists Japan has ever produced, known throughout the world for his calligraphies and paintings. Sengai went through years of hard monastery training before being elected abbot of Shofukuji, Japan's oldest Zen temple. Calligraphy and drawing became his primary modes of teaching and expression.

Here are one hundred twenty-eight black-and-white reproductions of his work, selected and explained by the Zen scholar D. T. Suzuki. The commentary explains each piece of art, its context, and the Zen teaching it exemplifies. First appearing posthumously in 1971 (New York Graphic Society edition), Sengai is Dr. Suzuki's last published book—and it is said that he considered it to be the culmination of his work.

Biographie de l'auteur

Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (1870–1966) was one of the primary modern interpreters of Zen for the West. He is the author of many books, among them Manual of Zen Buddhism, Essays in Zen Buddhism, and Zen in Japanese Culture.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Shambhala Publications Inc
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1570624895
• ISBN 13: 9781570624896
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
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• Personne responsable: non disponible