Ekai Kawaguchi

Ekai Kawaguchi (河口慧海code: ja is deprecated , Kawaguchi Ekai) (26 Februari 1866 – 24 Februari 1945) adalah seorang biksu Buddha Jepang. Ia dikenal karena empat perjalanannya ke Nepal (pada 1899, 1903, 1905 dan 1913), dan dua perjalanan ke Tibet (4 Juli 1900–15 Juni 1902, 1913–1915), yang menjadikannya warga negara Jepang yang pertama kali tercatat yang berkunjung ke kedua negara tersebut.^[1][2]

• Berry, Scott: A Stranger in Tibet: The Adventures of a Wandering Zen Monk. Kodansha International, Tokyo, 1989. Also published as A Stranger in Tibet: Adventures of a Zen Monk by HarperCollins (1990) ISBN 978-0-00-215337-9.
• Berry, Scott. (2005). The Rising Sun in the Land of Snows: Japanese Involvement in Tibet in the Early 20th Century. Ardash Books, New Delhi. ISBN 81-87138-97-1.
• Hopkirk, Peter (1997): Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet. Kodansha Globe (Pbk). ISBN 978-1-56836-050-8.
• Kawaguchi, Ekai (1909): Three Years in Tibet. The Theosophical Office, Adyar, Madras, 1909.
• Kimura, Hisao (1981). "Yasuteru Narita's Secret Mission to Tibet: His Failure to Enter East Tibet as Revealed in Diplomatic Documents". Journal of the Institute for Asian Studies. 
• Okuyama Naoji (2008). "The Tibet Fever among Japanese Buddhists of the Meiji Era". Dalam Esposito, Monica. Images of Tibet in the 19th and 20th centuries. Paris: École française d'Extrême-Orient. ISBN 2855396581. 
• Subedi, Abhi: Ekai Kawaguchi:The Trespassing Insider. Mandala Book Point. Kathmandu, 1999.

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