Ruth Strout McCandless Collection on Nyogen Senzaki, 1895-2007
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Title: Ruth Strout McCandless collection on Nyogen Senzaki
Collection number: 2296
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
11.2 linear feet
(12 boxes, 3 cartons, 1 flat box, 1 oversize flat box, 1 roll storage box)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1940-1960
Date (inclusive): 1895-2007
Abstract: The Ruth Strout McCandless collection on Nyogen Senzaki contains materials related to Ruth McCandless' collaboration and association
with Nyogen Senzaki and the American Zen Buddhist movement. Senzaki (1876-1958) was a Japanese Zen monk who left Japan for
the United States in 1905. Senzaki lived in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the 1920s and 1930s, and played an important
role in the formative years of the American Zen Buddhist movement. Ruth Strout McCandless was a South Pasadena resident who
in 1941 became a disciple of Senzaki and later became a major scholar of Japanese Buddhism studies in the United States. The
collection consists of correspondence, photographs, ephemera, books, business records, artwork, and textiles. Also included
are original manuscripts by Senzaki with transcriptions and edits by Ruth McCandless, correspondence from Senzaki to McCandless
during his incarceration in the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming, a traditional Zen Buddhist Kesa robe, and a decorative
scroll used in Senzaki's ministry.
Language of Materials: Materials are primarily in English, with some in Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, German and French.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ruth Strout McCandless collection on Nyogen Senzaki (Collection 2296). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 2015.
Processing Information
Processed by Wakako Suzuki in 2016 under the supervision of Courtney Dean in the
Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT) . Description enhancement and further physical processing completed by Jessica Tai in 2016 and 2017. Processing of this collection
was generously supported by the Haynes Foundation.
Detailed description provided by Nelson Foster, Roshi.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Notes on Names Used
The name Kangetsu appears in these papers, presumably a Dharma name for Mrs. McCandless, since Senzaki praises her as one
who "who can stich and mend" the "rips and rents" in his English.
The name Genpo Roshi is used to refer to Soen Nakagawa.
Biography/History
Nyogen Senzaki (1876–1958), born Aizo Senzaki, was a Zen Buddhist monk and one of the first Zen masters to come to the United
States from Japan. He developed a following with his "floating zendo" model. Through his own writings, translations, and the
work of his students including Samuel L. Lewis and Robert Aitken, he has been regarded as one of the 20th century's leading
proponents of Zen Buddhism. His texts and translations, which aimed to make Zen Buddhist principles understandable and accessible,
were a large influence in their popularity and adaption in Western culture.
Specifics of Senzaki's early life are unclear. He was raised in Northern Japan where he learned Chinese calligraphy and studied
the Buddhist Sutras. Senzaki originally aspired to become a pediatrician, and attended Imperial University in Japan. Upon
reading the Buddhist Tripitaka texts, he was inspired to become a Monk, and went on to study Zen under Soyen Shaku at the
Rinzai School at the Engakuji Monastery in Kamakura. During his studies, Senzaki met Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki, a seminal Zen
scholar and fellow student of Shaku. In 1905, Shaku travelled to America and brought Senzaki with him. He lived in San Francisco,
working as a houseboy, a manager of a small hotel, and as an operator at the Chinese Telephone exchange. In 1922, Senzaki
began to rent out a small hall to give lectures and host meditation groups. After moving to Los Angeles in the 1930s, he resided
in Little Tokyo and gave semi-weekly talks and zazen. In the spring of 1942 he was incarcerated at the Heart Mountain Relocation
Center in Wyoming, where he was held for 4 years. Following his release, Senzaki returned to Los Angeles and resumed his lectures,
classes, and zazen. Senzaki passed away on May 7, 1958.
Ruth Strout McCandless (1909-1994) was Senzaki’s close collaborator and a major Western scholar on Zen Buddhism in Japan,
particularly contributing to Zen Buddhist movements in California. While under the guidance of Soen Nakagawa at Ryutakuji,
she became the first Western woman to stay at a Zen monastery. She was ordained as an Upasika of the Sangha under the mentorship
of Senzaki in 1941.
McCandless was born in 1909 and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She studied art, literature and science at Stanford
University, where she graduated from in 1932. After school McCandless worked in the San Francisco Stock Exchange Institute.
She later moved to Los Angeles where she worked in Hollywood in the publicity department for Samuel Goldwyn, and later as
a secretary to screenwriter Reginald Berkeley. McCandless married her husband, John McCandless in 1932. She had two sons,
Duncan and Keith McCandless. McCandless became interested in Zen Buddhism through her study of comparative religion, inspired
by Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki's
Essays in Zen Buddhism (1927). McCandless met Senzaki in the early 1940's and worked with him studying Zen and translating manuscripts. With Senzaki,
McCandless co-authored
Buddhism and Zen (1953), a book that provided an elementary introduction to Zen Buddhism aimed for Western audiences. She was also an editor
of
The Iron Flute (1961), a collection of ancient Zen koans. In 1961 McCandless and her husband divorced, prompting her to enroll in the Asian
studies graduate department at Claremont Graduate University. She continued in the study of Zen Buddhism, and maintained friendships
with many prominent figures in the Zen Buddhist community such as Soen Nakagawa, Eido Tai Shimano, and Ruth Fuller Sasaki.
McCandless passed away on December 14, 1994 in San Mateo, California.
Scope and Content
This collection spans from 1895-2007 and consists of correspondence, photographs, books, and personal memorabilia pertaining
to Ruth McCandless’ collaboration and association with Nyogen Senzaki and the American Zen Buddhist movement. The collection
also contains manuscripts, lecture notes, translations, and periodicals. A particular strength of this collection is the material
relating to the influence and rising popularity of Zen Buddhism on Western society in the 20th century. This is evidenced
through Senzaki and McCandless' translations of historical texts, Senzaki's lecture notes from talks given in American universities,
the formation of Zen Buddhist organizations in the United States, and publications that aimed to present Zen Buddhist teachings
to Western audiences.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is arranged in four series, two of which have been further arranged in subseries. The series and subseries
arrangement of the collection is as follows:
- Series 1: Subject Files, 1930-2007
- Series 2: Professional Materials, 1895-1971
- Series 3: Publications, 1900-2006
- Subseries 3.1: Printed Material, 1931-1988
- Subseries 3.2: Monographs, 1900-2006
- Series 4: Personal Materials, circa 1896-1990s
- Subseries 4.1: Photographs, circa 1896-1984
- Subseries 4.2: Correspondence and Memorabilia, circa 1930s-1990s
Related Material
Subjects and Indexing Terms
McCandless, Ruth Strout -- Archives
Senzaki, Nyogen -- Archives
Zen Buddhism--United States.
Series 1: Subject Files.
1930-2007.
Language of Materials: This series contains materials primarily in English, with some in French, German, Chinese, and Japanese.
Scope and Content
This series consists of subject files assembled by McCandless. Materials within the files include manuscripts, contracts,
reviews, clippings, and publication material. This series also contains correspondence between McCandless and her acquaintances,
such as Nyogen Senzaki, Soen Nakagawa, Ruth Sasaki, Eido T. Shimano, and Robert Aitken, as well as newsletters and material
from the Zen Studies Society and The Honolulu Diamond Sangha. Materials, including business correspondence relating to
The Iron Flute (1961) and
Buddhism and Zen (1953) in which she collaborated with Senzaki are also represented.
Organization and Arrangement
Series 1 is organized alphabetically by subject title.
Box 1, Folder 1, Box 1, Folder 2
Buddhism and Zen materials.
1953-1992.
Language of Materials: These folders contain material primarily in English, with some in French, German, and Japanese.
Box 1, Folder 3
The Buddhist Society and Zen Studies Society: newsletters, publications.
1940-1994.
Box 1, Folder 4
Chanoyu: correspondence, writing.
circa 1955-1960.
Box 1, Folder 5
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki: correspondence, publications, photographs.
circa 1951-1964.
Box 1, Folder 6
Duncan McCandless's correspondence.
1997-2007.
Box 1, Folder 7
Eido Tai Shimano: correspondence, newsletters, publications.
1961-1994.
Box 1, Folder 8
The Honolulu Diamond Sangha Zen Buddhist Organization.
1961-1998.
Box 1, Folder 9, Box 2, Folder 1
The Iron Flute materials.
1956-1988.
Language of Materials: This folder contains materials primarily in English, with some in Japanese, Chinese, and German.
Box 2, Folder 2
Kangetsu: Memoirs of Ruth Strout McCandless.
April, 1944.
Box 2, Folder 3
Main Currents in Modern Thought, featuring Ways of Experiencing Ch-an by Chang Chung-Yuan.
January- February 1964.
Box 2, Folder 4
Mary Mc Aneny correspondence.
1968-1975.
Box 2, Folder 5
McCandless and Zen Buddhism: correspondence, writings, activities, clippings.
circa 1941-1968.
Language of Materials: This folder contains materials primarily in English, with some in Chinese.
Box 2, Folder 6
Nyogen Senzaki: correspondence, writing, poetry.
1930-1993.
Language of Materials: This folder contains materials primarily in English, with some in Chinese.
Box 2, Folder 7
Publication correspondence and contracts.
1957-2000.
Language of Materials: This folder contains materials primarily in English, with some in Japanese and German.
Box 2, Folder 8
Ruth Fuller Sasaki: correspondence, obituary, writing.
1933-1967.
Box 3, Folders 1-4
Soen Nakagawa: correspondence, writing, artwork.
1948-1991.
Physical Description: These folders contain organic material. Use caution while handling.
Language of Materials: These folders contain materials primarily in English, with some in Japanese, French, and Chinese.
Box 3, Folder 5
Stanford University correspondence.
1949-1967.
Language of Materials: This folder contains materials primarily in English, with some in Japanese.
Box 3, Folder 6
Zen Buddhist writing.
circa 1950s-1960s.
Series 2: Professional Materials.
1895-1971.
Language of Materials: This series contains materials primarily in English, with some in Japanese and Chinese.
Scope and Content
This series includes a collection of materials relating to the professional activities of McCandless and Senzaki. Material
such as translated texts, manuscripts, lecture notes, and writing on Zen Buddhism are included. Works authored and translated
by Senzaki are represented, as well as papers written by McCandless during her time at Claremont Graduate University. Other
works by Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki and Soyen Shaku, who were influential figures in the work of both McCandless and Senzaki
are also included. Other highlights include research for and annotated manuscripts of
The Iron Flute (1961), in addition to McCandless' notes for
Buddhism and Zen (1953).
Organization and Arrangement
Series 2 is organized alphabetically by title.
Box 3, Folder 7
Bodhi-Dharma's "Twofold Entrance to Zen", translated by Nyogen Senzaki (photocopy).
circa 1950s.
Box 3, Folder 8
Book of Equanimity, translated by Nyogen Senzaki (photocopy).
1944.
Box 3, Folder 9, Box 4, Folder 1
Buddhism and Zen by Nyogen Senzaki and Ruth McCandless.
1952-1953.
Box 4, Folder 2
Cautions on Meditation by Mumon Ekai, translated by Nyogen Senzaki.
circa 1934.
Scope and Content
Two-page translation of Mumon's
Cautions on Meditation from the end of
The Gateless Gate.
Box 4, Folders 3-5
Compiled Zen Buddhist works: writing, poetry, notes.
1906-1952 (compiled circa 1950s).
Scope and Content
A collection of compiled readings. Includes texts by Soyen Shaku in addition to texts authored and translated by Nyogen Senzaki.
Many of the readings are represented elsewhere in the collection.
Box 4, Folder 6
Denshin-Ho-Yo by Nyogen Senzaki (photocopy).
March 3-July 21, 1938.
Scope and Content
Four-part lecture series given in 1938.
Box 4, Folder 7
Emptiness by Nyogen Senzaki (photocopy).
1937.
Box 4, Folder 8
The Four Noble Truths, An Interpretation by Ruth McCandless.
December 1962.
Scope and Content
Term paper submitted by McCandless to Dr. Floyd H. Ross for her seminar in Buddhism at Claremont Graduate University
Box 4, Folder 9
Fudo Zen and Japanese culture by Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (photocopy).
1941.
Box 4, Folder 10
The Gateless Gate by Mumon, translated by Nyogen Senzaki (photocopy).
1934-1939.
Box 4, Folder 11
The Gates of Zen and How to Enter Them: Lecture by Nyogen Senzaki (photocopy).
1937-1947.
Box 5, Folder 1
The Iron Flute Manuscript by Nyogen Senzaki and Ruth McCandless.
circa 1960.
Box 5, Folders 2-3
The Iron Flute: Nyogen Senzaki translations.
1939-1946.
Box 5, Folder 4
Koans translated by Nyogen Senzaki.
circa 1930s-1940s.
Box 5, Folder 5
Kogo (zen poem) by Nyogen Senzaki.
1934-1971.
Language of Materials: This folder contains materials primarily in English, with some in Japanese and Chinese.
Scope and Content
A collection of Kogo (zen poems) by Senzaki written between 1934-1955. A selection of these poems have been published in
Like a Dream, Like a Fantasy (1978), a compilation of Senzaki's Zen teachings and translations edited by Eido Tai Shimano. The poems are divided chronologically
into three periods. 1. Poems prior to incarceration: Mostly written to commemorate key dates on the Zen calender but also
to mark occasions such as Dwight Goddard's death or a memorial for Lafcadio Hearn. 2. Poems during incarceration at Heart
Mountain: Included are poems written on Heart Mountain stationery, as well as poems written to Kangetsu (McCandless). 3. Poems
after release from Heart Mountain: Included are twelve poems written in Japanese and a one-page translation. The Japanese
poems seem to have been placed here mistakenly; they belong chronologically but are out of place in a section of specifically
Chinese poems. Many of the Japanese poems are addressed to McCandless.
Box 5, Folder 6
Last Day of Buddha from "The Splendour of Asia": A sutra read at Soto Zen Temple (photocopy).
February 14th, 1932.
Box 5, Folder 7
Lessons in Meditation by Nyogen Senzaki (photocopy).
1945-1946.
Scope and Content
"Lessons in Mediation," part I: two page translation of a two sentence text presumably by Keizan Zenji with commentary, presumably
by Senzaki. "Lesson in Zazen," parts II and III: three pages, presumably a continuation of the preceding with some longhand
corrections.
Box 5, Folder 8
Memorandum: Ruth McCandless's letter to Soen San (photocopy).
circa 1940s-1960s.
Box 5, Folder 9
Message from a Pure Land: Ruth McCandless's letters to Nyogen Senzaki.
1942-1945.
Scope and Content
Letters in this file were written to Senzaki while he was incarcerated at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center.
Box 5, Folder 10
Mt. Koya and Shingon teaching by Ronald Lane Latimer (photocopy).
circa 1930s.
Box 5, Folder 11
Muhan's Fragmentary Notes, translated by Nyogen Senzaki (photocopy).
1946.
Scope and Content
Nineteen pages. A translation of a 1666 text by Shido Muhan, with notes by Senzaki. A selection of the text is included in
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (1957).
Box 5, Folder 12
Notes on Buddhism and Zen by Nyogen Senzaki, compiled and edited by Ruth McCandless.
February, 1950.
Box 6, Folder 1
Nyogen Senzaki lecture notes.
circa 1930s-1950s.
Scope and Content
Contains notes from Senzaki's lectures including "Some Problems of Buddhism", "Law of Cause and Effect", and "The Four Methods
of Meditation".
Box 6, Folder 2
Outline of the Diamond Sutra by Nyogen Senzaki (photocopy).
May 23, 1937.
Box 6, Folder 3
Poetry by Nyogen Senzaki, Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki, and Soyen Shaku (photocopy).
1906.
Box 6, Folder 4
Practice of Dhyana by Soyen Shaku (photocopy).
1906.
Scope and Content
Published in
Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot (1913), as well as
Zen for Americans (1987).
Box 6, Folder 5
The Sages of the East by Nyogen Senzaki (photocopy).
1937.
Scope and Content
A reading and response to an article by Sufi master Inayat Khan. Lecture given in three parts in 1937.
Box 6, Folder 6
Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot by Soyen Shaku, translated by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (copy).
1906.
Box 6, Folder 7
Seven Treasures lecture (photocopy).
May 28-June 11, 1935.
Scope and Content
Fourteen-page lecture in three parts, given in 1935.
Box 6, Folder 8
Shodoka by Yoka Daishi, translated by Nyogen Senzaki and Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (photocopy).
1936-1937.
Box 6, Folder 9
Shortcut to Zazen by Kawajiri Hogin, translated by Nyogen Senzaki.
1944.
Box 6, Folder 10
Should I Say My Last Words by Nyogen Senzaki (photocopy).
August 12, 1939.
Box 6, Folder 11
Simple Talks on the Simple Life: A translation of Sai-kon-dan by Ko-ji-sei, lecture notes by Nyogen Senzaki (photocopy).
February 1, 1938.
Box 6, Folder 12
Sound of One Hand Clapping by Inzan School, translated by Nyogen Senzaki.
April 9, 1947.
Box 6, Folder 13
Soyen Shaku and Nyogen Senzaki: writing, poetry, correspondence.
1895-1954.
Box 6, Folders 14-15
Soyen Shaku Biography by Nyogen Senzaki.
1951.
Scope and Content
Includes a speech by Senzaki given in commemoration of Soyen Shaku on "Roshi Day".
Box 7, Folders 1-2
Speaking materials by Nyogen Senzaki.
1932-1942.
Scope and Content
Includes the manuscript for
The Gateless Gate (1934) with translation and commentary by Nyogen Senzaki, as delivered in class in 1939. The translation and introduction
were published (with Paul Reps) in 1934 and remain in print in
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (1957). Other texts include
The Gates of Zen and How to Enter Them,
Turning the Wheel of Dharma, and other lecture and speech notes for Senzaki's talks on Buddhism and meditation.
Box 7, Folder 3
Story of Rengetsu (photocopy).
circa 1930s .
Box 7, Folder 4
Suggestions for Zen Students by Zen Getsu (photocopy).
1934-1938.
Scope and Content
One-page translation of a text by Zen-getsu. Previously published in both
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (1957), pp. 87-88, and
Buddhism and Zen (1953), pp. 70-71.
Box 7, Folder 5
The Sutra of Forty Two Chapters (photocopy).
1906.
Scope and Content
"The Sutra of Forty Two Chapters": appears to be D.T. Suzuki's translation with less footnotes as it was published in Soyen
Shaku's,
Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot (1913) and Reprinted by Dorset Press in 1987 under the title
Zen for Americans.
Box 7, Folders 6-7
Sutra Spoken by the Sixth Patriarch, Wei Lang, on the High Seat of the Gem of Law.
March 1930.
Scope and Content
Contains one bound manuscript.
Box 7, Folder 8
Tao Teh King by A.L. Kitselmann II.
1936.
Box 7, Folder 9
Ten Bulls: A Chinese Classic by Kwaku-An, translated by Nyogen Senzaki (photocopy).
1935.
Scope and Content
Translation of The Ten Oxherding Pictures, a well-know Buddhist teaching aimed to illustrate the stages of practice towards
enlightenment. This text remains in print in pp. 163-187 of
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (1957), although without Senzaki's preface given here.
Box 7, Folder 10
Three Wheels: lecture notes (photocopy).
1932.
Box 7, Folder 11
Tuesday talk: Nyogen Senzaki's lecture notes on Buddhism, sorrow, nirvana (photocopy).
November 21, 1933.
Box 7, Folder 12
Writings on Buddhism and meditation (photocopy).
1934, undated.
Scope and Content
Includes "Questions About Meditation", "A Message From Tibetan Buddhists", "How to Maintain our Sangha" and "The Four Methods
of Meditation".
Box 7, Folder 13
Zenga Japanese Zen Painting by Ruth McCandless.
April 1963.
Scope and Content
Term paper submitted by McCandless to Dr. Jon C. Covell for her course in Japanese Art History at Claremont Graduate University.
Series 3: Publications.
1900-2006.
Language of Materials: This series contains materials primarily in English, with some in Japanese, Italian and French.
Scope and Content
This series includes a wide range of monographs, pamphlets, and booklets collected by Ruth McCandless. They are reflective
of her interests in Japanese history and Buddhism, in addition to being illustrative of texts that aimed to introduce Zen
Buddhist teachings to a Western audience. Also represented are publications distributed by organizations such as The First
Zen Institute of America, The Zen Studies Society, and The Buddhist Lodge, London. Texts by prominent figures in the American
Zen movement including Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Eido Tai Shimano, Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, and Robert Aitken are also represented.
Organization and Arrangement
Series 3 is organized into subseries, which are subsequently organized alphabetically by title.
Subseries 3.1: Printed Material.
1931-1988.
Language of Materials: This subseries contains material primarily in English, with some material in Japanese and French.
Scope and Content
This subseries contains printed publications that provide basic knowledge of Japanese Buddhism and culture. It includes Buddhist
manuals, the Zen Studies Society’s pamphlets, and a number of volumes of The Tourist Library, a series of pamphlets distributed
by the Board of Tourist Industry Japanese Government Railways from 1934-1942. Many of the materials feature illustrations,
drawings, and photographs.
Organization and Arrangement
Subseries 3.1 is organized alphabetically by title.
Box 8, Folder 4
Antenatal Training.
circa 1940s.
Language of Materials: Japanese language text.
Box 7, Folder 14
The Book of Tea by Okakura-Kakuzo.
1939.
Box 8, Folder 4
A Brief Glossary of Buddhist Terms by the Buddhist Lodge, London.
1931.
Box 8, Folder 1
Buddhist Philosophy and Its Effects on the Life and Thought of the Japanese People by Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai.
1936.
Box 8, Folder 4
Eranos lectures: The Interior and Exterior in Zen Buddhism by Toshihiko Izutsu.
1975.
Box 8, Folder 5
The First Zen Institute of America in Japan at Ryosen-an Daitokuji.
1959.
Box 8, Folder 2
The Gateless Gate translated by Nyogen Senzaki and Saladin Reps.
1934.
Box 8, Folder 4
Inshi.
circa 1940s-1960s.
Language of Materials: Japanese language text.
Box 8, Folder 4
Inward Light edited by Elined Kotschnig.
1953.
Scope and Content
Features writing by Nyogen Senzaki and Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki.
Box 8, Folder 3
L'Eveil suprême : Bases pratiques du Ch'an, du Zen et de la pensée de Krishnamurti by Robert Linssen.
1958.
Language of Materials: French language text.
Box 8, Folder 3
Les dix tableaux du domestiquage de la vache by Jean Herbert.
1960.
Language of Materials: French language text.
Box 8, Folder 4
The Practice of Zen: article review by Paul Wienpahl.
1963.
Box 8, Folder 5
Rinzai Zen Study For Foreigners in Japan by Ruth Fuller Sasaki.
1960.
Box 7, Folder 14
Tea Cult of Japan by Yasunosuke Fukukita.
1955.
Box 8, Folder 6
Ten Bulls of Zen a Chinese Classic translated by Nyogen Senzaki and Saladin Reps.
1935.
Box 8, Folder 7
Tourist Library Volume 1: Tea Cult of Japan by Yasunosuke Fukukita.
1935.
Box 8, Folder 7
Tourist Library Volume 2: Japanese Noh Plays by Toyoichiro Nogami.
1935.
Scope and Content
Two Copies, One with Annotations.
Box 8, Folder 7
Tourist Library Volume 4: Japanese Gardens by Matunosukke Tatui.
1938.
Box 8, Folder 7
Tourist Library Volume 5: Hiroshige and Japanese Landscapes by Yone Noguchi.
1934.
Box 9, Folder 1
Tourist Library Volume 7: Japanese Architecture by Hideto Kishida.
1935.
Box 9, Folder 1
Tourist Library Volume 8: What is Shinto? by Genchi Kato.
1935.
Box 9, Folder 1
Tourist Library Volume 9: Castles in Japan by N. Orui.
1935.
Box 9, Folder 1
Tourist Library Volume 10: Hot Springs in Japan by Koichi Fujinami.
1936.
Box 9, Folder 2
Tourist Library Volume 11: Floral Art of Japan by Issotei Nishikawa.
1936.
Box 9, Folder 2
Tourist Library Volume 12: Children's Days in Japan by Tamotsu Iwado.
1936.
Box 9, Folder 2
Tourist Library Volume 15: Japanese Music by Katsumi Sunaga.
1936.
Box 9, Folder 2
Tourist Library Volume 16: Judo (Jujutsu) by Jigoro Kano.
1937.
Box 9, Folder 3
Tourist Library Volume 17: Family Life in Japan by Shunkichi Akimoto.
1937.
Box 9, Folder 3
Tourist Library Volume 20: Floral Calendar of Japan by T. Makino and Genziro Oka.
1938.
Box 9, Folder 3
Tourist Library Volume 21: Japanese Buddhism by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.
1938.
Box 9, Folder 3
Tourist Library Volume 23: Kabuki Drama by Syutaro Miyake.
1938.
Box 9, Folder 4
Tourist Library Volume 31: Japan's Ancient Armour by Hatiro Yamagami.
1940.
Box 9, Folder 4
Tourist Library Volume 33: Japanese Proverbs by Otoo Huzii.
1940.
Box 9, Folder 4
Tourist Library Volume 34: Sumo-Japanese Wrestling by Kozon Hikoyama.
1940.
Box 9, Folder 5
Wei Shih Er Shih Lun: The Treatise in Twenty Stanzas on Reprentation-only, American Oriental Series Volume 18, Monograph.
1938.
Box 8, Folder 4
Yasen Kanna: A Chat on a Boait in the Evening by Hakuin Zenji, translated by R.D.M. Shaw and Wilhelm Schiffer.
1957.
Box 9, Folder 5
The Zen Studies Society: Dharma Seasons Spring 1975, special issue for Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kon Go Ji.
1975.
Box 9, Folder 5
The Zen Studies Society: Dharma Seasons Fall 1975.
1975.
Box 9, Folder 5
The Zen Studies Society: Journal of The Zen Studies Society Spring/Summer 1986, issue no. 5.
1986.
Box 9, Folder 5
The Zen Studies Society: Journal of The Zen Studies Society Winter/Spring 1987, issue no. 6.
1987.
Box 9, Folder 5
The Zen Studies Society: Journal of The Zen Studies Society Summer/Fall 1987, issue no. 7.
1987.
Box 9, Folder 5
The Zen Studies Society: The Zen Studies Society Winter/Spring 1988, issue no. 8.
1988.
Box 9, Folder 5
The Zen Studies Society: New York Zendo pamphlet.
after 1968.
Box 8, Folder 5
Zen: A Method For Religious Awakening by Ruth Fuller Sasaki.
1959.
Box 8, Folder 5
Zen: A Religion by Ruth Fuller Sasaki.
1958.
Subseries 3.2: Monographs.
1900-2006.
Language of Materials: This subseries contains materials primarily in English, with some in Italian, French, and Spanish.
Scope and Content
This subseries is comprised of a wide range of monographs on the study of Zen Buddhism, including works by seminal figures
of the American Zen movement, such as Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, Alan Watts, Soyen Shaku, and Robert Aitken. The texts include
translations of ancient Buddhist writings, koans, sutras and sermons. Also included are Senzaki and McCandless' collaborative
works,
The Iron Flute (1964) and
Buddhism and Zen (1953 & 1987). Translations in additional languages such as
le Zen sagesse d'Extreme-Orient: un nouvel art de vivre? (1969),
La Flauta de Hierro: Antologia de 100 Koans (2001), and
100 Koan Zen: ll flauto di ferro (2000) are also included.
Organization and Arrangement
Subseries 3.2 is organized alphabetically by title.
Box 12
100 Koan Zen: ll Flauto di Ferro by Nyogen Senzaki and Ruth Strout McCandless.
2000.
Language of Materials: Italian language text.
Box 10
A Buddhist Bible (Second Edition) by Dwight Goddard.
1938.
Box 10
Buddha and the Gospel of Buddhism by Ananda K. Coomarasamy.
1964.
Box 10
The Buddhism of Tibet or Lamaism by L.A. Waddell.
1958.
Box 10
Buddhism and Zen by Nyogen Senzaki and Ruth Strout Mccandless.
1953.
Box 12
Buddhism and Zen (Paperback, First Edition) by Nyogen Senzaki and Ruth Strout McCandless.
1953.
Box 12
Buddhism and Zen (Paperback, Second Edition) by Nyogen Senzaki and Ruth Strout McCandless.
1987.
Box 11
Creativity and Taoism by Chan Chung-yuan.
1963.
Box 10
The Dhammapada by J.A..
1945.
Box 12
Dreams and Delights by L. Adams Beck.
1926.
Box 11
The Embossed Tea Kettle by Hakuin Zenji.
1963.
Box 12
Endless Vow: The Zen Path of Soen Nakagawa by Eido Tai Shimano, Kazuaki Tanahashi and Roko Sherry Chayat.
1988.
Box 12
Essays in Zen Buddhism by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.
1926.
Box 11
Essays in Zen Buddhism (Second Series) by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.
1933.
Box 12
The Essence of Buddhism by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.
1947.
Box 12
The Garden of Vision: A Story of Vision by L. Adams Beck.
1929.
Box 12
Hinduism and Buddhism by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy.
1964.
Box 12
History of Chinese Philosophy by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.
1914.
Box 12
The House of Fulfilment by L. Adams Beck.
1927.
Box 11
How the Swans Came to the Lake by Rick Fields.
1981.
Box 12
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism by Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki.
1934.
Box 12
The Iron Flute (Paperback) by Nyogen Senzaki and Ruth Strout Mccandless.
2000.
Box 11
The Iron Flute by Nyogen Senzaki and Ruth Strout McCandless.
1985.
Box 12
The Key of Dreams by L. Adams Beck.
1934.
Box 12
La Flauta de Hierro: Antologia de 100 Koans Zen by Nyogen Senzaki and Ruth Strout McCandless.
2001.
Language of Materials: Spanish language text.
Box 10
le Zen sagesse d'Extreme-Orient: un nouvel art de vivre? by Robert Linssen.
1969.
Language of Materials: French language text.
Box 11
Living in the Light of Eternity by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.
1954.
Box 11
Living by Zen by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.
1949.
Box 10
The Lyrical Poems and Translations of Shelley by C.H. Herford.
1918.
Box 10
Mahayana Buddhism by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.
1948.
Box 10
Manual of Zen Buddhism (reprint) by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.
1950.
Box 11
Manual of Zen Buddhism by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.
1985.
Box 10
The Meaning of Life in Hinduism and Buddhism by Floyd H. Ross.
1952.
Box 12
The Ninth Vibration and Other Stories by L. Adams Beck.
1933.
Box 12
The Openers of The Gate by L. Adams Beck.
1930.
Box 11
Original Dwelling Place by Robert Aitken.
1996.
Box 12
Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.
1907.
Box 10
Ruth Fuller Sasaki: Zen Pioneer by Isabel Stiring.
2006.
Box 10
Sacred Books of the East.
1900.
Scope and Content
Includes selections from The Vedic Hymns, Zen-Avesta, Dhammapada, Upanishads, The Koran, and the Life of Buddha with critical
and biographical sketches by Ephiphanuis Wilson, A.M.
Box 10
Science and The Unseen World by Arthur Stanley Eddington.
1929.
Box 10
Sermons of A Buddhist Abbot: Address on Religious Subjects by Soyen Shaku.
1906.
Box 11
The Soen Roku: The Sayings and Doings of Master Soen by The Zen Studies Society.
1986.
Box 10
The Sprint of Zen: A Way of Life, Work and Art in the Far East by Alan W. Watts.
1955.
Box 12
Studies in Zen by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.
1955.
Box 11
Taking the Path of Zen by Robert Aitken.
1982.
Box 10
The Tibetan Book of The Dead or The After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, according to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English
Rendering by W.Y. Evans-Wentz.
1957.
Box 11
The Training of the Zen Buddhist Monk by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.
1959.
Box 10
The Two Sources of Morality and Religion by Henri Bergson.
1935.
Box 11
The World of Zen by Nancy Wilson Ross.
1960.
Box 12
The Zen Doctrine of No-Mind by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.
1949.
Box 12
Zen in English Literature and Oriental Classics, by R.H. Blyth.
1948.
Box 10
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writing by Paul Reps.
1957.
Box 12
Zen and Japanese Buddhism by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.
1958.
Box 11
Zen and Japanese Culture by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.
1959.
Box 10
Zen in the Martial Arts by Joe Hyams.
1982.
Box 11
Zen for the West by Sohaku Ogata.
1959.
Series 4: Personal Materials.
circa 1896-1990s.
Language of Materials: This series contains materials primarily in English, with some in Japanese.
Scope and Content
This series includes personal photographs, clippings, correspondence, greeting cards, McCandless' datebook, a traditional
Zen Buddhist Kesa robe, and a decorative scroll used in Senzaki's ministry. These materials document McCandless' connections
and friendships with a range of figures in Zen Buddhist communities in the United States and Japan. The series contains photographs
that document the 1955 trip Senzaki and McCandless took together to Japan, marking the first time Senzaki returned to Japan
since he moved to California in 1905.
Organization and Arrangement
Series 4 is organized into two subseries, which are subsequently organized alphabetically by subject title.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk
in advance of your visit.
Subseries 4.1: Photographs.
circa 1896-1984.
Scope and Content
This subseries contains photographic prints and negatives mostly comprised of McCandless' photographs from her travels to
Japan. Portraits of McCandless and Senzaki are included, as well as images of Soen Nakagawa, Soyen Shaku and Daisetz Teitaro
Suzuki. Other subject matter includes Takuhatsu, The Rinzai Buddhist temple Ryutakuji, artwork, and activities of Japanese
monastery life such as cooking, zazen, and tea ceremonies.
Organization and Arrangement
Subseries 4.1 is organized alphabetically by subject title.
Box 13, Folder 1
Artwork and Landscape.
circa 1940s-1980s.
Box 13, Folders 2-3
Group and Individual Portraits.
circa 1942-1984.
Box 13, Folder 4
Monastery Images.
1955-1956.
Box 13, Folder 5
Negatives.
circa 1942-1971.
Scope and Content
Negatives contain images of Japan, group portraits, and portraits of Nyogen Senzaki, including a photograph of Senzaki while
he was incarcerated at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center.
Box 13, Folder 6
Nyogen Senzaki.
circa 1896-1958.
Scope and Content
Includes an image of Senzaki while he was incarcerated at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center.
Box 18
Photo Album.
November 1958.
Scope and Content
Photo album containing images from Japan in 1958. Subjects include Soen Nakagawa, monasteries, and Yokohama harbor.
Box 14, Folders 1-2, Box 13, Folder 7
Ruth McCandless Japan Travels.
1955-1956.
Scope and Content
Box 13, Folder 7 contains negatives from this series of images.
Box 14, Folder 3
Soen Nakagawa.
1951-1964.
Subseries 4.2: Correspondence and Memorabilia.
circa 1930s-1990s.
Language of Materials: This subseries contains materials primarily in English, with some in Japanese.
Scope and Content
This subseries contains correspondence, artwork, clippings, pamphlets, McCandless's datebook, a traditional Zen Buddhist Kesa
robe, and a decorative scroll used in Senzaki's ministry. Highlights include Senzaki's obituary, a program for Koyasan Betsuin's
memorial service, and correspondence from Senzaki, including letters sent during his incarceration at the Heart Mountain Relocation
Center.
Organization and Arrangement
Subseries 4.2 is organized alphabetically by subject title.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk
in advance of your visit.
Box 14, Folder 4
Artwork.
circa 1940s-1960s.
Language of Materials: This folder contains artwork with Japanese text.
Box 14, Folder 5
Clippings and Pamphlets.
circa 1940s-1990s.
Box 14, Folders 6-7, Box 15, Folders 1-3
Correspondence.
circa 1937-1980s.
Physical Description: These files contain organic material. Use caution while handling.
Language of Materials: These folders contain material primarily in English, with some in Japanese and Chinese.
Scope and Content
Contains personal letters with the Zen Studies Society and Nyogen Senzaki, including correspondence during his incarceration
at Heart Mountain, and hand painted leaves sent to McCandless.
Box 17
Decorative Scroll.
undated.
Scope and Content
Scroll of Kannon Bodhisattva used by Nyogen Senzaki in his ministry.
Box 16
Nyogen Senzaki's Robe.
circa 1930-1950.
Scope and Content
Traditional set of Buddhist Kesa robes used by Nyogen Senzaki
Box 15, Folder 4
Personal Ephemera.
circa 1950s-1980s.
Scope and Content
Contains handwritten notes, travel itineraries and writings.
Box 15, Folder 5
Record.
After 1946.
Scope and Content
One record containing classical Japanese music distributed by Nippon Colombia Co., Ltd.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk
in advance of your visit.
