The Gozan Bungaku or literature of the Five Mountains is the literature produced by the principal Zen monastic centers of in Kyoto and Kamakura, Japan. The term also refers to five Zen centers in Chin
Calligraphy of Five Mountains Patriarch Musō Soseki
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Musō Soseki was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk and teacher, and a calligrapher, poet and garden designer. The most famous monk of his time, he is also known as Musō Kokushi, an honorific conferred on him
Literature of the Five Mountains
…poetry and prose in Chinese produced by Japanese monks who were active mostly during the 14th and 15th centuries. Notable writers of the genre include Musō Soseki, Ikkyū Sōjun, Zekkai Chūsin (絶海中津), Sesson Yūbai, Gidō Shūshin, Jakushitsu Genkō, Chūgan Engetsu and Kokan Shiren. Also included are works by Chinese…
Portrait of Musō Soseki by Mutō Shūi (無等 周位), 14th century