Shoji Yamada is Professor in the Research Department of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies.

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsA Note on the TextIntroduction1 Hidden OriginsThe Adopted ChildDaisetz’s ParentsZen TrainingBottom of the HeapDaisetz’s Image of WomenDaisetz’s MarriageBeatrice and OkonoAlan in the “Daisetz Dairies”Daisetz’s Dependant Family2 The Juvenile DelinquentA Prison Without BarsDaisetz’s FearsDaisetz’s Philosophy of EducationA Parent’s HopeAlan Goes WildWomanizing Rears Its HeadDaisetz’s Views on Sexual Desire“Confinement” on Mt. KōyaRepeated Offenses3 Glimpses of BrillianceJapan-America Students ConferenceAlan Discusses ZenA Novelist’s MisunderstandingAlan’s Second Japan-America Students ConferenceAlan Discusses JapanesenessDaisetz’s IndifferenceTwo Red Threads of FateBeatrice’s Health Takes a Turn for the WorseA Man with Many LovesHidden FactsA Mother's DeathDaisetz’s MourningFirst MarriageTo Shanghai4 Tokyo Boogie-woogieShanghaiReunion with Ike Mariko“Tokyo Boogie-woogie” Is BornSecond MarriageAlan’s DrinkingThe Meeting with a PsychiatristA Sudden PartingDaisetz’s Anxiety5 Daisetz and the Beat GenerationAmerican “Comrades”The Basis of TranscendentalismEarly PreachingZen in EnglishArt Encounters ZenThe Birth of the Beat GenerationRecognition of Daisetzu IncreasesA Change in the Life of the Great ScholarSan Francisco RenaissanceDaisetz’s Big BreakOn the RoadAmerica’s Dharma YearThe Context of the Chicago Review Zen Special IssueThe Dharma BumsA Once-in-a-lifetime ConversationThe Beats and Zen: Parting of the Ways6 The Undutiful SonAlan During the 1950sDaisetz Returns HomeThe IncidentAlan’s LonelinessBranded as an “Undutiful Son”The Death of DaisetzReconsidering the Parent-Child RelationshipGreat Wisdom and Great CompassionFather and SonAppendix Family TreeMap of KyotoChronology BibliographyIndex

“An unpretentious, matter-of-fact account beautifully translated by Earl Hartman, Yamada Shōji’s Tokyo Boogie-woogie and D.T. Suzuki is the first book to examine the difficult and painful relationship between Daisetz and his son. Venturing bravely and compassionately into this taboo topic, Yamada rescues the forgotten existence of Alan Suzuki from the shadows of history and sheds new light on Daisetz’s life and work by reconsidering him not just as a lofty scholar but also as a troubled father.”