Komuso Outlaw: The Writings of an American Renegade Priest in Japan

Komuso Outlaw: The Writings of an American Renegade Priest in Japan

This is not a story of redemption, but that of a secret society of bamboo flutes. This is not a story about the beauty of Japanese arts, but the leg numbing experience of Nōh chanting. This is not a story of enlightenment, but what it's like to cross swords with a zen master. This is not the story of earning a black belt, but simply getting punched in the face in a real fight club. This is not an adrenaline adventure, but the tick of the clock while sitting in empty teacher rooms and shogi clubs. This is not a story of beautiful ancient temples, but that of begging for your next meal in black robes. But, at its best it's about early mornings in primeval forests and nights in the crowded streets and rough bars of Osaka. At its worst it's about rejection, loss, and an unfiltered look at being an expat in Japan. Komuso Outlaw is the account of one man's quarter century of walking the paths less traveled and the consequences of that action.