[Mobile ebook] Essays in Idleness and Hojoki (Penguin Classics)
• Kenko, Chomei •
| #354544 in Books | Kenko | 2014-07-29 | 2014-07-29 | Original language:Japanese | PDF # 1 | 7.78 x.54 x5.08l,1.00 | File Name: 0141192100 | 224 pages | Essays in Idleness and Hojoki
||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Ah, the simple life $$$.|By Whpfef|Shares timeless and often amusing observations of human nature. Extols the virtues of a "simple life" that, then and now, is only afforded by the rich and powerful. The book lends itself to be read in small sections, as before bed.|1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| amazing masterpiece| |[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 * A
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 decisi...
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