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The Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master Unfettered Mind Takuan Soho trans, by William Scott Wilson Ji-#--i .,*'^ g *> iK K TheAUTHOR:TakuanSoho(1573-1645) wasaprelateoftheRin- zai Sect of Zen, vM\ rcfnembered for his strength of character andacerbicwit;an^bcwasalsogardener, poet, teamaster, pro- lificauthoranda"pivotalfigureinZenpaintingandcalligraphy. Hisreligioustrainingbeganattheageoften. HeenteredtheRin- zai sect at the age of fourteen and was appointed abbot of the Daitokuji, amajorZentempleinKyoto, attheageofthirty-five. Afteradisagreement onecclesiastical appointmentswith these- condTokugawa shogun, he wasbanished in 1629 to a far nor- thern province. Coming under ageneral amnesty on the death oftheshogun,hereturnedtosocietythreeyearslatertobe,among other things, a confidant of the third Tokugawa shogun. TheTRANSLATOR: William Scott Wilson took his B.A. at Dart- mouth College, graduated as a Japanese specialist from the Monterey Institute ofForeign Studies, andreceivedhisM.A. in JapaneseliteraturefromtheUniversityofWashington. Hebecame acquainted with Japan at first-hand in 1966 on a coastal — — expedition bykayak fromthewesternJapaneseportofSasebo toTokyo. Helaterlivedin thepotter'svillageof Bizen, studied as a special student at Aichi Prefectural University, and was a counselorat theJapaneseConsulate-General inSeattle. Henow lives in his native Florida. Among his highly regarded translations of original works of literatureareHpigakure: TheBookoftheSamuraiandTheRoots of Wisdom: Saikontan. -% The Unfettered Mind Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master Takuan Soho trans, by William Scott Wilson KODANSHA INTERNATIONAL Tokyo and New York Distributedin theUnitedStatesbyKodanshaInternational/USA Ltd., 114FifthAvenue, NewYork, NewYork10011. Pubhshedby KodanshaInternationalLtd., 17-14, Otowa1-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112 and Kodansha International/USA Ltd. Copyright © 1986 by Kodansha International Ltd. All rights reserved. Printed in Japan. LC 86-45072 ISBN 0-87011-851-X ISBN 4-7700-1351-5 (in Japan) First edition, 1986 First paperback edition, 1987 Third printing, 1990 Dedicated to Gary Miller Haskins CONTENTS Foreword 9 Introduction 12 The Mysterious Record of Immovable Wisdom 17 The Clear Sound of Jewels 45 n Annals of the Sword Taia Notes 93 Bibliography 103
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