Muso Soseki

thumb|upright|Musō Soseki, 1275 - 1351, Japanese Zen master, calligraphist, poem writer, and garden designer Musō Soseki 夢窓 疎石 (1275 – October 20, 1351) was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk and teacher, and a calligraphist, poet and garden designer. The most famous monk of his time, he is also known as Musō Kokushi 夢窓国師 ("national Zen teacher"), a honorific conferred to him by Emperor Go-Daigo. Quotes Thus have I rolled my life throughoutInside and out, reclined, upright.What is all this?A beating drumA trumpet's blare No more. Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6 Quotes about Muso Soseki As far as is known, the oldest work Muso signed with his pseudonym Bokutotsuso is dated 1334... Muso used this signature until the end of his life, and subtler characteristics or combinations of various factors can serve as clues. Ildegarda Scheidegger, Bokutotsuso. Studies on the Calligraphy of the Zen Master Muso Soseki (1275-1351), 2005. p. 56 External links Category:Poets from Japan Category:14th century deaths Category:Zen Buddhist monks Category:Buddhists from Japan