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Ryōkan

Ryōkan was born in 1758 at Echigo Province. Ryōkan died in 1831 at Japan. Ryōkan was recorded as poet, writer, calligrapher and monk.

Also recorded as Ryokan · Ryoukan

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portrait of Ryōkan and calligraphy by him, ink on paper 27.5x42.5cm

Ryōkan · Replica before 1970 · Public domain

Biography

Ryōkan is recorded as poet, writer, calligrapher and monk.

Milk delivery box of Ryokan Gyunyu , Japan

Milk delivery box of Ryokan Gyunyu , Japan

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​良寬的詩作 有感 魯山人的水墨書法

​良寬的詩作 有感 魯山人的水墨書法

Ryōkan / Rosanjin · 隔月刊「墨」通巻122号 芸術新聞社 1996年 p 28.

Catalogued output

Works

  • Calligraphy 「鵬齋逸才子」 書

    1794 · Metropolitan Museum of Art,.2. 木端集. 良寬詩歌と書の世界. 良寬「法華讃」. 良寬展. 良寬の詩を読む. 北越偉人沙門良寬全傳. 良寬書簡集. 良寬詩集. 良寬全集. 良寬歌集. 良寬の書簡. 良寬道人遺稿. 蕪村・良寬・一茶

  • Ryōkan ten. Ô pruniers en fleur. 良寛書簡集

  • Kutonet aḥat ḳeʻarah aḥat

  • TAUTROPFEN AUF EINEM LOTOSBLATT. Ryōkan Oshō bokuseki

  • Hokketen

  • Ryōkan Oshō shikashū

  • Ryōkan no shokan

  • Ryōkan kashū

  • Ryōkan shishū

  • Ryōkan shishū yaku

  • Ryōkan zenshū. [Ryōkan no waka]

  • Shishū

Dated record

Life and career

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  1. 1758

    Life

    Ryōkan was born in 1758 at Echigo Province.

  2. 1794

    Institution

    Calligraphy 「鵬齋逸才子」 書, dated 1794, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art.

  3. 1794

    Institution

    Calligraphy 「鵬齋逸才子」 書 (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

  4. 1816

    Institution

    "Sudden Rain" (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).

  5. 1831

    Life

    Ryōkan died in 1831 at Japan.

The full dated record · 5 entries

  1. 1758

    Ryōkan was born in 1758 at Echigo Province.

  2. 1794

    Calligraphy 「鵬齋逸才子」 書, dated 1794, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art.

  3. 1794

    Calligraphy 「鵬齋逸才子」 書 (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

  4. 1816

    "Sudden Rain" (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).

  5. 1831

    Ryōkan died in 1831 at Japan.

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Places

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  • Japan
Death or burial
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  • Echigo Province

    Birth place

Primary material

Documents and archives

scholarly publication

authority file

reference work

Literature

Bibliography

Commemorating Ryōkan: The Origin and Growth of Ryōkan’s Biographies, Great Fool, 2017. Digital Transformation Challenges at a Small Ryokan in Arima Onsen:, Maketingu Janaru, 2025.

  • Poems in Chinese by the Japanese Zen Monk Ryōkan, The Antioch Review, 1975

  • Ryōkan Teaches Me, San Antonio Review, 2024

A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Citations

References

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Every cited source · 13
  1. 01

    Commemorating Ryōkan: The Origin and Growth of Ryōkan’s Biographies, Great Fool, 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 02

    Poems in Chinese by the Japanese Zen Monk Ryōkan, The Antioch Review, 1975

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 03

    Ryōkan Teaches Me, San Antonio Review, 2024

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 04

    Ryōkan, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 05

    The Zen Poems of Ryōkan, World Literature Today, 1982

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 06

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 6 articles naming Ryōkan.

    open access index · Unverified

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  7. 07

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 118604384, Ryōkan.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  8. 08

    Getty Union List of Artist Names 500325303, Ryōkan.

    authority file · Unverified · The Getty Research Institute

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  9. 09

    Internet Archive, 2 digitised items catalogued under Ryōkan as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  10. 10

    Library of Congress Name Authority File, Ryōkan Ninshō, 1217-1303 (USE Ninshō, 1217-1303) (n81110417).

    authority file · Unverified · Library of Congress

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  11. 11

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Ryōkan (6 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  12. 12

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q5338269: Ryōkan

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  13. 13

    “Ryōkan”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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Those registers additionally record the forms Yamamoto, Fumitaka, 良寬, Ryōkan, Meister, Ryōkan, Taigu, Taigu, Taigu Ryōkan, 大愚 and Daigu.

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