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Essays in Idleness and Hojoki (Penguin Classics)

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 | #296991 in Books |  Kenko |  2014-07-29 |  2014-07-29 | Original language:Japanese | PDF # 1 |  7.78 x.54 x5.08l,1.00 | File type: PDF | 224 pages

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||14 of 17 people found the following review helpful.| Five Stars|By don|I haven't read all that much east Asian prose, but I'm starting to suspect that I might over-identify with the overlooked-sensitive-and-ironic-scholar who is unable to find a position in the bureaucracy or hierarchy. Chomei's 'Hojoki' is a charming little piece about living the simple life and so on, but rather undermined by the fact that, in order to live t| |[Essays in Idleness is] a most delightful book, and one that has served as a model of Japanese style and taste since the 17th century. These cameo-like vignettes reflect the importance of the little, fleeting futile things, and each essay is Kenko himself Asia

New to Penguin Classics: two of the most important Buddhist tracts from Japan

Both of these works on life’s fleeting pleasures are by Buddhist monks from medieval Japan, but each represents a different worldview. In Essays in Idleness, his lively and sometimes ribald collection of anecdotes, advice, and observations, Kenko displays his fascination with earthly matters. In the short memoir Hojoki, however, Chomei recounts his decisio...

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