Zen & Senryu

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Zen Poems
A1	Introduction
A2	The Poems Translated By – Alan Watts, D. T. Suzuki, Paul Reps
Senryu Poems
B1	Man And Woman
B2	Love And Marriage
B3	Children And Animals
B4	Professions
B5	Miscellaneous Objects

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Musical Engineering Associates

Credits

• Design [Cover Design] – Alan Watts
• Directed By – Henry Jacobs
• Music By – Vincent Delgado
• Translated By – R. H. Blyth* (tracks: A2 to B5)
• Voice [English] – Alan Watts
• Voice [Japanese] – Sumire Hasegawa Jacobs*

Notes

Side A, ZEN POEMS. Poems from the literature of Zen Buddhism. Translations by R. H. Blyth ("Haiku", 4 vols. Hokuseido Press, Tokyo, 1949-52); D. T. Suzuki ("Essays in Zen Buddhism", Vol. 1. Rider, London, 1949); Alan Watts ("The Way of Zen". Pantheon, New York, 1957); Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps ("Zen Flesh, Zen Bones". Charles Tuttle, Rutland, Vt., 1957).

Side B, SENRYU. Satirical poems in the haiku form. Translations by R. H. Blyth Senryu, Hokuseido Press, Tokyo, 1949).

This record is a sequel to Haiku (MEA LP 1001), on one side of which Alan Watts explains the relation of Zen Buddhism to Japanese poetry.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
L 49	Alan Watts	Zen & Senryu ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Locust Music	L 49	US	2004