Okidoki, we got a translation!
Ichikawa Hakugen's "A Side-View of Ikkyu's Insanity" an essay concerning Zen practice, philosophy, and the development of the monetary economy via sex work! A very interesting piece, tho the least explicitly anarchist of the ones completed. Much love!
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/a-side-view-of-ikkyu-s-insanity
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Newest translation! This is another Ichikawa Hakugen piece (it will be him for awhile) expanding on another piece I have yet to acquire, delving into the nature of 自由 (freedom) in both zen contexts and the socialist movement at large. Much love!
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https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ichikawa-hakugen-universal-suffering#toc5

Another one I did! A short essay by Ichikawa Hakugen on the status of Intellectuals in Zen and Socialist organizing more broadly. He was a Rinzai priest and philosophy professor who survived WWII era repression and wrote feverishly until his death in 1986, castigating fascist Buddhism and the old Imperial system, among other things.

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ichikawa-hakugen-intellectuals-and-zen

First one I completed a while back. Prison writings of one Uchiyama Gudo. Soto Zen priest and active anarchist organizer around during the Meiji Period. He distributed food from the temple he ran, ran an underground printing press and encouraged peasant unionism and taught children how to read. He was imprisoned and later executed by the government for his radical views.

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/uchiyama-gudo-thoughts-during-imprisonment

Introduction post!
Hello all! I'm Iggyu and i amateurly translate (mostly Japanese) anarcho-buddhist texts. I will likely just post the link to the translation on the anarchist library. I can share source material too if any are interested. Itd also be fun to find other anarcho buddhists if yall are out there! We can chat and whatnot. Buddha loves you and so do i! #buddhism #anarchobuddhism #translation #japanese #仏教 #日本語 #anarchism #無政府主義