Old Taoist

Stephen Addiss is Tucker-Boatwright Professor in the Humanities in the Department of Art at the University of Richmond. His many books include The Art of Zen: Paintings and Calligraphy by Japanese Monks 1600-1925 and How to Look at Japanese Art. Jonathan Chaves is professor and chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at George Washington University. He is the editor and translator of many works, including The Columbia Book of Later Chinese Poetry, and is the coauthor, with J. Thomas Rimer, of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing (Columbia 1998). J. Thomas Rimer is chairman of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh. His many works include Modern Japanese Fiction and Its Traditions: An Introduction, and he is the coauthor, with Jonathan Chaves, of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing (Columbia 1998).

"The story of Addiss's patient unearthing of this unusual life and work, very nearly lost to history, itself makes a gripping narrative, and is a triumph of modern scholarship." - David Pollack, University of Rochester "This richly informative volume bring the reclusive painter-poet to life." - Karen M. Gerhart, Northern Arizona University

• Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Kodojin's Life and Art 2. Kodojin's Japanese Poetry 3. Kodojin and the T'ao Ch'ien Tradition in Kanshi Poetry, by Jonathan Chaves 4. Kodojin's Chinese Poetry, translated by Jonathan Chaves 5. A Note on Kodojin and the Art and Literature of His Period, by J. Thomas Rimer Epilogue Notes Index