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Sōiku Shigematsu

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October 13, 1943

Sōiku Shigematsu (重松宗育 Shigematsu Sōiku, born October 13, 1943) is a Japanese priest of Myoshin-ji branch of Rinzai School of Zen Buddhism, abbot of Shōgen-ji Temple in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, author and translator of books and essays on Zen that were instrumental in spreading interest in Zen literary tradition to the West in the latter half of the 20th century. Shigematsu taught English literature at Shizuoka University also visiting the United States on several occasions, most notably in 1985-6 as a Fulbright scholar. He won the Jerome J. Shestack Poetry Prize from The American Poetry Review in 1987.

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Average rating: 4.0 · 205 ratings · 28 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Zen Haiku: Poems and Letters of Natsume Soseki by Natsume Sōseki, Sōiku Shigematsu (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sun at Midnight: Poems and Sermons by Musō Soseki, Sōiku Shigematsu 4.31 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Zen Harvest: Japanese Folk Zen Sayings : Haiku, Dodoitsu, and Waka 3.94 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1988 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Zen Forest: Sayings of the Masters by Sōiku Shigematsu, Gary Snyder (Preface) 3.90 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1981 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sun At Midnight: Poems and Letters by Musō Soseki, W.S. Merwin (Translation), Sōiku Shigematsu (Translation) 4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	EIN ZEN WALD: Zen Sprüche der Alten 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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