Sky Above, Great Wind: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan Kazuaki Tanahashi. Shambhala, $17.95 trade paper (224p) ISBN 978-1-59030-982-7 ...

“A great person makes a great calligrapher,” said Kazuaki Tanahashi, a world-renowned painter and calligrapher, in his lecture “The Zen Poet Ryokan” Wednesday in List 120. Sitting on a stool in front ...

And, indeed, you might lodge as the poet did, in a ryokan, which (despite the addition of mains electricity and wi-fi) have remained, in essence, unchanged for generations.