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

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Essays in Idleness and Hōjōki

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

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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 Hōjōki, Chōmei recounts his decision to withdraw from worldly affairs and live as a hermit in a tiny...

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