Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Essays Ryōkan of Mount Kugami A Poetics of Mendicancy Nondualist Philosophy and Ryōkan’s Figurative Strategies Commemorating Ryōkan: The Origin and Growth of Ryōkan’s Biographies Translations Translators’ Note Curious Accounts of the Zen Master Ryōkan Kanshi (Poems in Chinese) Waka (Poems in Japanese) Letters Reflections on Buddhism Finder’s Lists Notes Select Bibliography Index About the Translators