Isshin’s rain-making – Koan 56
No. 56. Isshin’s rain-making In the seventh year of Koan (1284) there was a great drought. In every region the rice-fields and farmlands dried up and there was no sign of anything growing. The Vice-regent (Hojo Sadatoki) anticipated that such a bad year might cause disturbances in some areas, and he asked the great Zen…