Zhaozhou Congshen
By: Robert Bringhurst
Contributors: Zhaozhou, Shi, 778-897; Heraclitus, of Ephesus; Campbell, Carolee; Ninja Press
Series: Alphabet broadsides
Publisher: Ninja Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sherman Oaks, Calif.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Poetry
Other titles: Can't step twice
Notes: Poem

Initial letter printed in purple typeface; sized 23 cm.

Printed on beige colored paper.

"Zhàozhou Cóngshen (Chao-chou Ts'ung-shen), Tang Dynasty Ch'an (Zen) master, 778-897!"

"Type is Spectrum printed on Nideggen in an edition of 75 copies. Design and execution by Carolee Campbell at Ninja Press."

"Alphabet broadsides. This is an on-going broadside project begun in 2006 to explore some of the possible variations in the relationship between a large letterform used within a confined space and a poem. Three self-imposed limitations are at play. Every broadside will be the same size, the letterform will not be enlarged or reduced from its original size, and the edition size will remain the same. Variations will emerge in type style and size, type of paper, and color. Each edition consists of 75 signed and numbered copies. All are 11 x 17 inches. They are $75 apiece."--Ninja Press website.

Rare Book copy: No. 51.