Zen at Daitoku-ji /

The Zen temple Daitoku-ji is known as "The Temple of Great Virtue." It was founded in the early fourteenth century and its presitige allowed it to accumulate a treasury of Zen art. The daily practice of Zen goes on as it has since its beginning, with few concessions to modern living. This...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Covell, Jon Etta Hastings Carter, 1910-1996, Yamada, Sōbin (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Tokyo ; New York : [New York] : Kodansha International ; [Distributed by Harper & Row], [1974]
Edition:	[1st ed.].
Subjects:	Daitokuji (Kyoto, Japan) Zen art > Japan > Kyoto. Buddhist temples > Japan > Pictorial works. Temples bouddhiques > Japon > Ouvrages illustrés. Art zen > Japon > Kyōto. Buddhist temples Zen art Japan Japan > Kyoto Buddhist temples > Japan > Kyoto. Pictorial works

Table of Contents:

1. Kyoto and Daitoku-ji
2. The history
3. The tea ceremony
4. The gardens
5. The paintings
6. Life at the temple
7. Daitoku-ji today and tomorrow.