Zen & Senryu

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Release Date: 1959

Label: MEA

Side A, ZEN POEMS. Poems from the literature of Zen Buddhism. Translations by R. H. Blyth ("Haiku", 4 vols. Hokuseido Press, Tokyo, 1949-52); D. T. Suzuki ("Essays in Zen Buddhism", Vol. 1. Rider, London, 1949); Alan Watts ("The Way of Zen". Pantheon, New York, 1957); Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps ("Zen Flesh, Zen Bones". Charles Tuttle, Rutland, Vt., 1957).

Side B, SENRYU. Satirical poems in the haiku form. Translations by R. H. Blyth Senryu, Hokuseido Press, Tokyo, 1949).

This record is a sequel to Haiku (MEA LP 1001), on one side of which Alan Watts explains the relation of Zen Buddhism to Japanese poetry.

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