Sōiku Shigematsu

Shigematsu taught English literature at Shizuoka University also visiting the United States on several occasions, most notably in 1985-6 as a Fulbright scholar.

Notably, Kijū Shigematsu was also one of the teachers of Robert Aitken Rōshi, during the latter's training at Engaku-ji monastery.

[2] Showing great interest in English language and literature Shigematsu entered Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in 1963 (grad.

In addition, he also translated poetry and sermons of Musō Soseki[5] and Zen haiku by Natsume Sōseki.

Emerson (1985), Henry D. Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, etc.