The story goes like this: While offering tea to the monk Takuan Soho, Iemitsu (1604–51, the third Tokugawa shogun) had his servants out in the garden fire a gun. It was a loud bang, but Takuan ...

While offering tea to the monk Takuan Soho, Iemitsu (1604–51, the third Tokugawa shogun) had his servants fire a gun out in the garden. It was a loud bang, but Takuan did not bat an eyelid. He ...

Yes, takuan or takuan-zuke is named after the Zen monk Takuan Soho and this is because he is credited with inventing this way of preserving daikon radish. He lived from 1573 to 1645 and was a Zen ...

On September 15, Keicho, a young man, Takezo, whose life was ruined by the war in Sekigahara wandered around like a wild beast. Only his lover Otsu and the pacifist monk Takuan understood Musashi ...