Burton Watson

99 books

Demon at Agi Bridge and Other Japanese Tales by Haruo Shirane, Burton Watson

Demon at Agi Bridge and Other Japanese Tales

Haruo Shirane, Burton Watson

156 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction short stories adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Essential Haiku Volume 20 by Hass

Essential Haiku Volume 20

Essential Haiku

Hass

352 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction poetry reflective slow-paced
The Flower of Chinese Buddhism by Daisaku Ikeda

The Flower of Chinese Buddhism

Soka Gakkai History of Buddhism

Daisaku Ikeda

194 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy religion informative reflective medium-paced
For All My Walking: Free-Verse Haiku of Taneda Santoka by Santoka Taneda

For All My Walking: Free-Verse Haiku of Taneda Santoka

Modern Asian Literature

Santoka Taneda

128 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction memoir poetry travel reflective medium-paced
Four Huts: Asian Writings on the Simple Life by Burton Watson, Stephen Addiss

Four Huts: Asian Writings on the Simple Life

Burton Watson, Stephen Addiss

112 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy reflective medium-paced
From the Country of Eight Islands: An Anthology of Japanese Poetry by Burton Watson, J. Thomas Rimer, Hiroaki Sato

From the Country of Eight Islands: An Anthology of Japanese Poetry

Burton Watson, J. Thomas Rimer, Hiroaki Sato

652 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

fiction poetry informative reflective slow-paced
Gan by Ōgai Mori

Gan

Ōgai Mori

153 pages • first pub 1911 (editions)

fiction classics historical mysterious slow-paced
Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings by Han Fei, Burton Watson

Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings

Han Fei, Burton Watson

134 pages • first pub 250 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative slow-paced
Hsun Tzu: Basic Writings by Xun Kuang, Burton Watson

Hsun Tzu: Basic Writings

Xun Kuang, Burton Watson

177 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy informative medium-paced
The Living Buddha: An Interpretive Biography by Daisaku Ikeda

The Living Buddha: An Interpretive Biography

Soka Gakkai History of Buddhism

Daisaku Ikeda

162 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography history religion informative reflective relaxing medium-paced