Zen Buddhist Poetry in Japan and Sesson Yubai (1290-1346)

Zen Buddhist Poetry in Japan and Sesson Yubai (1290-1346)

Lee Jay Walker

Modern Tokyo Times

The Zen Buddhist monk Sesson Yūbai (1290–1346) belongs to the distant and contemplative landscape of medieval Japanese history, where spiritual discipline and artistic refinement walked hand in hand. A gifted literati poet and calligrapher, he embodied a cultural bridge between Japan and the great intellectual currents flowing from China, often referred to in classical literature as the Middle Kingdom.