Mountain Tasting gathers a wide cross section of haiku and a selection of the diaries of the wandering Japanese poet, Santoka (1882-1940). Santoka lived his life in the long zen hermit wandering poetic tradition of Japan that includes Basho, Ryokan and Saigyo. His zen practice was that of solitary walking and begging. The open road was to become both his
- ISBN10 0834801515
- ISBN13 9780834801516
- Publish Date 1 December 1980
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Out of Print 2 October 2009
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Shambhala Publications Inc
- Imprint Weatherhill Inc
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 112
- Language English