Essays in Idleness and Hōjōki by Kamo no Chōmei, Yoshida Kenkō, Meredith McKinney
Essays in Idleness and Hōjōki

Kamo no Chōmei, Yoshida Kenkō, Meredith McKinney

Essays in Idleness and Hōjōki

Kamo no Chōmei, Yoshida Kenkō, Meredith McKinney with Yoshida Kenkō (Translator)

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reflective relaxing slow-paced
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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, Chomei recounts his decision to withdraw from worldly affairs and live as a hermit in a tiny...

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