...Joseph M. Kitagawa The Zen Master Hakuin . Translated by Philip B. Yampolsky . New York : Columbia University Press , 1971 . 222 pp. Appendix, Bibliography, Index. $10.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1972 1972 676 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES process of early...

... for slowness, is translated as "huge river boat" (p. 82). Her work as a whole, however, should be useful for those who are interested in early Japanese history, local geography, and mythology. JOHN YOUNG University of Hawaii The Zen Master Hakuin. TRANSLATED BY PHILIP B. YAMPOLSKY. New York: Columbia...

... of the \oan both in the Chinese Lin-chi and Japanese Rinzai schools. In Part two, Miura IsshQ, Zen Master of K5on-ji, near Tokyo, discusses under eight headings the system of \oan study in Rinzai Zen. This system was originated by Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769), who utilized the old Chinese \oan for the purpose...

... of the \oan both in the Chinese Lin-chi and Japanese Rinzai schools. In Part two, Miura IsshQ, Zen Master of K5on-ji, near Tokyo, discusses under eight headings the system of \oan study in Rinzai Zen. This system was originated by Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769), who utilized the old Chinese \oan for the purpose...

... courses in American universities. They include Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (1967) and The Zen Master Hakuin: Selected Writings (1971), both published by Columbia University Press. Dr. Yampolsky's most recent books, Selected Writings of Nichiren and Letters of Nichiren, translated and explained...

... Rosen; (3) A phrase-by-phrase commentary, originally given in the form of a radio lecture series in the early 1930's by Amakuki Sessan, of Hakuin's (1685-1768) Shodo\a; (4) A sermon delivered in 1930 by Oka Kyugaku on two Zen poems, one attributed to Shen-hsiu, the other to Hui-neng; (5) A Japanese...

... Western koan system and offers some examples selected from various Western sources. Albert Low comments on Hakuin's Zazen wasan (Chant in praise of zazen). In these North American Zen masters' chapters we can appreciate their efforts to redefine Zen compared with Morinaga's more traditionalist stance...

... formed some of its greatest personalities; Dogen, Bankei and Hakuin are outstanding examples. Those sections of the book that deal with their lives and teachings are expanded much more than in Dumoulin's previous work and are the centerpieces of this history. Dumoulin also outlines Zen's considerable...

..., bibliography and appendices, it is nonetheless a history book that contains the author's perspectives and interpretations. It is the author's firm belief that Zen has closely followed Japan's history and thus has formed some of its greatest personalities; Dogen, Bankei and Hakuin are outstanding examples...

... short explanations) mostly represent Japanese works; perhaps this was necessary in 1957 but it is misleading now. Third, Zen works are treated only through the Muromachi period, and the outstanding artistic contributions of later Zen masters such as Hakuin and Sengai are totally ignored. Fourth, instead...

.... Examples include Hakuin's discussion of heaven and hell (p. 127) and Gidayubuji Nemotodayu's discussion of music (p. 200). Indeed, Ng sometimes brings in terms like "/ Ching related concepts" (p. 201) to maintain a link between talk of yin-yangl'five phases and alleged / Ching influence. I raise...

..., through the works of the early poets Saigyo (twelfth century) and Kenko (thirteenth and fourteenth centuries), and the writings of Zen teachers such as Dogen (thirteenth century), Suzuki Shosan (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries), and Hakuin (seven- 815 . 816 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES teenth...

... advice to persons of different walks of life. In addition to the introduction and the translated selected writings, readers will also appreciate the brief notes on the various Hakuin works. JOSEPH M. KITAGAWA University of Chicago Chushingura. The Treasury of Loyal Retainers. A Puppet play. TRANSLATED...

...) A collection BOOK REVIEWS 533 of discourses by the contemporary roshi Takashina Rosen; (3) A phrase-by-phrase commentary, originally given in the form of a radio lecture series in the early 1930's by Amakuki Sessan, of Hakuin's (1685-1768) Shodo\a; (4) A sermon delivered in 1930 by Oka Kyugaku on two Zen poems...

... traditions of thought. These are followed by a sensitive comparative piece by John Maraldo on varieties of autobiographical writing by Rousseau, the Neo-Confucian Arai Hakuseki, and the Zen Buddhist Hakuin. Part II, "Person in Japanese Theory and Practice," is introduced by Thomas P. Kasulis and includes...

... through the Muromachi period, and the outstanding artistic contributions of later Zen masters such as Hakuin and Sengai are totally ignored. Fourth, instead of a new and comprehensive bibliography, a second and rather limited bibliography is appended to the original. All these problems raise the question...

... for his students. Eido T. Shimano contends that the transmission of Zen to the West is incomplete without a new Western koan system and offers some examples selected from various Western sources. Albert Low comments on Hakuin's Zazen wasan (Chant in praise of zazen). In these North American Zen masters...

.... It is not always obvious, however, that the writer in question is relying significantly on the / Ching. Examples include Hakuin's discussion of heaven and hell (p. 127) and Gidayubuji Nemotodayu's discussion of music (p. 200). Indeed, Ng sometimes brings in terms like "/ Ching related concepts" (p. 201...

... doctrine, and as a first step to This is especially so in the case of Japanese Zen, the demythologization of Hui-neng, this is the both Rinzai and Soto, which was represented basic text. by such masters as Dogen and Hakuin who be- As to the text, until the Tun-huang manuscript was discovered in 1900, only...

... STUDIES Nishida's philosophy tout court, especially as it drew increasing criticism from Zen intellectuals such as Ichikawa Hakuin. At the very least, the appropriation of a fundamental tenet of Asian Buddhism in the interest of defining an exclusively Japanese subjective identity or "psyche" should...