The Great Master's Journey to Tang China

In 804 the young monk Kūkai sailed for Tang China in a fleet that a storm scattered across the sea. Kuwabara Jitsuzō (1871-1931) retraces his route by sea, canal and loess road to Chang'an, the greatest city of its age, and tells the story of Kūkai's teachers and his hurried return, with stories from his own journeys in China.

Complete and unabridged, with a translator's note and endnotes.