The Iron Flute: 100 Zen Koan
Genro; editor, with commentary by Genro, Fugai, & Nyogen; translated by Nyogen Senzaki and Ruth Strout McCandless
Published by Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland / Tokyo, 1961
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First American edition (first printing) of this classic collection of Zen koans, first compiled by Genro in 18th-century Japan; with his commentary, added commentary by his disciple Fugai, and further notes for this edition by one of the translators, himself a monk in California from 1905-1958. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book; price-clipped (though $3.95 price remains) jacket shows a little edgwear, minor smudging & fading. Text clean; 175 pages; brief bibliography, glossary, cross-references of Chinese/Japanese names, biographical notes on Senzaki, illustrations from ink drawings. Size: 7¼" by 7¾". Seller Inventory # u0405
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Title: The Iron Flute: 100 Zen Koan
Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland / Tokyo
Publication Date: 1961
Binding: Hard Cover
Illustrator: Toriichi Murashima
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First American Edition.
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The Iron Flute. 100 Zen Koan
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The iron flute. 100 Zen Koan
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The Iron Flute; 100 Zen Koan
Published by
Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1961
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Hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Stated first edition. NOT an ex library book. 175 clean pages with illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket has 1/4" tears, crease, no chips, price is not clipped. With commentary by Genro, Fugai, and Nyogen. Seller Inventory # 319540
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THE IRON FLUTE; 100 ZEN KOAN
Published by
Charles E. Tuttle, 1961
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Seller: FITZ BOOKS AND WAFFLES, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
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The Iron Flute; 100 Zen Koan
Published by
Charles E. Tuttle, Rutland, Vermont, 1961
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Seller: Granada Bookstore, IOBA, Woodlawn, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Murashima, Toriichi (illustrator). 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. Includes Bibliographical References And Glossary. The Book Is Bound In Gray Linen Over Boards With Embossed Title Within An Orange Field On The Spine. Embossed Within An Orange Field In Chinese On The Front. The Cloth Has A Few Tiny Picks. The Dollar Priced Jacket Has Been Clipped Above The Price. Probably To Remove A Foreign Price. The Jacket Has Moderate Wear And A One Inch Tear At The Upper Front Spine Fold. Seller Inventory # 042449
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THE IRON FLUTE: 100 Zen Koan.
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Rutland [1961], Tuttle. Green cloth, 175p., 16 color & b. w. Zen paintings, commentary by Genro, Fugai & Nyogen, appendix bibliography, 18 x 19.5 cm., clipped dust jacket in mylar, exceptionally brilliant clean & solid copy. FIRST EDITION Compiled by Genro, an outstanding Zen master of the 18th century in Japan. His added commentary in prose and poetry make each Koan a penetrating example of Zen spirit. Then this work was annotated by Fugai, his chief disciple. * To all of this, the 20th century commentaries of the author are added. Wonderful riddle-like problems which masters set their students to meditate on. Zen paintings & commentaries. Co-translator Ruth Strout McCandless. *. Seller Inventory # 84021604
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Rutland [1961], Tuttle. Brown cloth, 175p., 16 color & b. w. Zen paintings, commentary by Genro, Fugai & Nyogen, appendix bibliography, 18 x 19.5 cm., unclipped dust jacket in mylar exceptionally brilliant clean & solid copy. FIRST EDITION Compiled by Genro, an outstanding Zen master of the 18th century in Japan. His added commentary in prose and poetry make each Koan a penetrating example of Zen spirit. Then this work was annotated by Fugai, his chief disciple. * To all of this, the 20th century commentaries of the author are added. Wonderful riddle-like problems which masters set their students to meditate on. Zen paintings & commentaries. Co-translator Ruth Strout McCandless. *. Seller Inventory # 84021601
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THE IRON FLUTE; 100 ZEN KOAN
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Charles E. Tuttle Company, Vermont, 1985
ISBN 10: 0804802661
ISBN 13: 9780804802666
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The Iron Flute: 100 Zen Koan
Published by
Charles E. Tuttle, 1961
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The Iron Flute; 100 Zen Koan
Published by
Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1989
ISBN 10: 0804802661
ISBN 13: 9780804802666
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