Books by Stephen Addiss

Presents fifty watercolour images from artist and composer John Cage, revealing the powerful influence of Zen in his life and work. This book explores fragments of Cage's poetry and his many statements about Zen practice.

In the literary and artistic milieu of early modern Japan the Chinese and Japanese arts flourished side by side. Kodojin, the "Old Taoist" (1865-1944), was the last of these great poet-painters in Japan. This book brings together 150 of Kodojin's Chinese poems (introduced and translated by Jonathan Chaves).