FRONTISPIECE: Kanzan and Jittoku by Gako (Tengen Chiben, 1737–1805). Private Collection.
Translation of the inscription:
My heart is like the autumn moon,
Pure and unsullied on the blue-green pool.
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© 2004 by Sam Hamill and J. P. Seaton
Cover art: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.: Purchase—Harold P. Stern Memorial Fund, F 1996.28.
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The Library of Congress catalogues the previous edition of this book as follows:
The poetry of Zen/edited and translated by Sam Hamill and J.P. Seaton—1st ed.
p. cm.
eISBN 978-0-8348-2508-6
ISBN 978-1-57062-863-4 (hardcover: alk paper)
ISBN 978-1-59030-425-9 (paperback)
1. Zen poetry, Japanese—Translations into English.
2. Zen poetry, Chinese—Translations into English.
I. Hamille, Sam. II. Seaton, Jerome P.
PL782.E3P624 2004
895.6′1080382943927—dc22 CIP
2004002480