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Ikkyu Sōjun

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Ikkyu Sōjun (1394–1481). Zen master of the Rinzai school in Japan. He experienced sudden enlightenment in 1418. He called himself ‘the son of the wandering cloud’, and although in later life he was appointed by the emperor abbot of Daitoku-ji, he constantly and strongly rejected the decadent forms of Zen which he found around him. He expressed this critique in a highly unconventional lifestyle, and in his ‘Mad Cloud’ poetry, collected in Kyōun-shu (Germ. tr., Suichi and Thom, 1979). The many tales of his mocking style have made him one of the most popular figures in Japan—the holy madman, who frequented inns and brothels, and who danced down the street waving a skull. He was also noted for his dramatic calligraphy.

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Ikkyū Sōjun

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Ikkyū Sōjun (1394–1481). A Japanese zen monk of the Rinzai lineage known primarily for his uncompromising rigour in Zen training and practice, balanced by his often eccentric behaviour and his ardent love late in his life for a blind female entertainer named Mori. He left no disciples to carry on his own teachings, but did leave behind some collections of verse, notably the Crazy Cloud Anthology.

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