Old Taoist: The Life, Art, and Poetry of Kodojin (1865-1944)

by J. Thomas Rimer, Stephen Addiss, Jonathan Chaves

Book Overview

In the literary and artistic milieu of early modern Japan the Chinese and Japanese arts flourished side by side. Kodojin, the "Old Taoist" (1865-1944), was the last of these great poet-painters in Japan. Under the support of various patrons, he composed a number of Taoist-influenced Chinese and Japanese poems and did lively and delightful ink paintings, continuing the tradition of the poet-sage who devotes himself to study of the ancients, lives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231116578
• ISBN13: 9780231116572
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"