ryokan

ryokan
/ree"oh kahn'/; Japn. /rddyaw"kahn"/, n., pl. ryokan, ryokans.
a traditional Japanese inn or small hotel whose floors are covered with tatami.
[1960-65; < Japn]

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▪ Japanese poet
original name Yamamoto Eizō
born 1758, Izumozaki, Japan
died Feb. 18, 1831, Echigo province

      Zen Buddhist priest of the late Tokugawa period (1603–1867) who was renowned as a poet and calligrapher.

      The eldest son of a village headman, he became a Buddhist priest at about the age of 17 under the religious name of Taigu Ryōkan. When he was 21 he met an itinerant monk, Kokusen, and followed him to his temple, Entsū-ji, at Tamashima, Bitchū province. He followed a life of monastic discipline there for 12 years. After Kokusen's death he traveled to various parts of Japan as a mendicant priest. In old age he returned to his native Echigo province, where he studied the Man'yōshū and ancient calligraphy. He developed a strong master-pupil relationship with a young nun, Teishin, who after his death compiled Hachisu no tsuyu (1835; “Dew on the Lotus”), a collection of his haiku and waka poems. He also executed many pieces of calligraphy that are esteemed for their elegant beauty.

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