Ryokan

Ryokan (1758-1831) was a Japanese Zen monk and poet. This monk of Soto school lived as recluse almost all his life.

Wisdom & Quotes

• At Kugami,

In front of the Otono,
There stands a solitary pine tree,
Surely of many a generation:
How divinely dignified
It stands there!
In the morning
I pass by it:
In the evening
I stand underneath it.
And standing I gaze.
Never tired
Of this solitary pine!

Mary Wollstonecraft