Ebook: Essays in Idleness and Hojoki
Author: Yoshida Kenkō, Kamo no Chōmei, (Trans. M. McKinney)
- Genre: Literature
- Tags: Japanese Literature
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- City: London
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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These two works on life’s fleeting pleasures are by Buddhist monks from medieval Japan, but each shows a different world-view. In the short memoir HOJOKI, Chōmei recounts his decision to withdraw from worldly affairs and live as a hermit in a tiny hut in the mountains, contemplating the impermanence of human existence. Kenkō, however, displays a fascination with more earthy matters in his collection of anecdotes; advice and observations. From ribald stories of drunken monks to aching nostalgia for the fading traditions of the Japanese court, ESSAYS IN IDLENESS is a constantly surprising work that ranges across the spectrum of human experience. [From the back cover.]
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