Literature of the Five Mountains

The Gozan Bungaku or literature of the Five Mountains (Japanese: 五山文学) is the literature produced by the principal Zen (禅) monastic centers of in Kyoto and Kamakura, Japan.^[1]^[2] The term also refers to five Zen centers in China in Hangzhou and Ningbo that inspired zen in Japan, while the term "mountain" refers to Buddhist monastery. ^{[citation needed]}

Five Mountains literature or gozan bungaku (五山文學) is used collectively to refer to the poetry and prose in Chinese produced by Japanese monks who were active mostly during the 14th and 15th centuries. Notable writers of the genre include Musō Soseki, Ikkyū Sōjun, Zekkai Chūsin (絶海中津), Sesson Yūbai, Gidō Shūshin, Jakushitsu Genkō, Chūgan Engetsu and Kokan Shiren.^[1]^[3]^[4] Also included are works by Chinese monks residing in Japan such as Seisetsu Shōchō (Qingzhuo Zhengcheng) and Jikusen Bonsen (竺仙梵僊, Zhuxian Fanxian)^[4]

^ ^a ^b Baroni, Helen J. (2004). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism. Rosen Publishing Group. p. 115. ISBN 978-0823922406.
^ Dumoulin, Heinrich (2006). Zen Buddhism: Japan. World Wisdom Books. pp. 169–170. ISBN 978-0941532907.
^ Cite error: The named reference haruo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Parker, Joseph D. (January 1999). Zen Buddhist Landscape Arts of Early Muromachi Japan (1336-1573). SUNY Press. p. 53. ISBN 9781438415536.

[baroni-1] Baroni, Helen J. (2004). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism. Rosen Publishing Group. p. 115. ISBN 978-0823922406.

[Dumoulin1-2] Dumoulin, Heinrich (2006). Zen Buddhism: Japan. World Wisdom Books. pp. 169–170. ISBN 978-0941532907.

[haruo-3] Cite error: The named reference haruo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[parker-4] Parker, Joseph D. (January 1999). Zen Buddhist Landscape Arts of Early Muromachi Japan (1336-1573). SUNY Press. p. 53. ISBN 9781438415536.

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