Not seeing snow : Musō Soseki and medieval Japanese Zen / by Molly Vallor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vallor, Molly, author.

Series:

Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 64.

Brill's Japanese studies library, 0925-6512 ; volume 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musō Soseki, 1275-1351.

Musō Soseki.

Buddhist monks--Japan--Biography.

Buddhist monks.

Rinzai (Sect)--Japan--History.

Rinzai (Sect).

Zen Buddhism--Japan--History.

Zen Buddhism.

Landscape design.

History.

Japan.

Poets, Japanese--Biography.

Poets, Japanese.

Waka--History and criticism.

Waka.

Landscape designers--Japan--Biography.

Landscape designers.

Landscape design--Japan--History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 264 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Summary:

"Not Seeing Snow: Musō Soseki and medieval Japanese Zen offers a critical reappraisal of a crucial yet sorely neglected figure in medieval Japan. It clarifies Muso's far-reaching significance as a Buddhist leader, waka poet, landscape designer, and political figure. In doing so, it sheds light on how elite Zen culture was formed through a complex interplay of politics, religious pedagogy and praxis, poetry, landscape design, and the concerns of institution building. The appendix contains the first complete English translation of Muso's personal waka anthology, Shogaku Kokushishu"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Zen in the generations before Musō: the growth of the Gozan system in medieval Japan

A master defined: Musō Soseki in Muchū mondōshū

Beneath the ice: Musō Soseki and the waka tradition

Blossoms before moss: medieval views of Musō Soseki's Saihōji

Changing agendas at Musō Soseki's Tenryūji.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Vallor, Molly. Not seeing snow.

ISBN:

9789004386280

9004386289

OCLC:

1066190009