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Essays in Idleness: The Tsurezuregusa of Kenko
Keene
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Description for Essays in Idleness: The Tsurezuregusa of Kenko
Paperback. The Buddhist priest Kenko clung to tradition, Buddhism, and the pleasures of solitude, and the themes he treats in his Essays, written sometime between 1330 and 1332, are all suffused with an unspoken acceptance of Buddhist beliefs. Translator(s): Keene, Donald. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
Despite the turbulent times in which he lived, the Buddhist priest Kenko met the world with a measured eye. As Emperor Go-Daigo fended off a challenge from the usurping Hojo family, and Japan stood at the brink of a dark political era, Kenko held fast to his Buddhist beliefs and took refuge in the pleasures of solitude. Written between 1330 and 1332, Essays in Idleness reflects the congenial priest's thoughts on a variety of subjects. His brief writings, some no more than a few sentences long and ranging in focus from politics and ethics to nature and mythology, mark the ... Read more
Despite the turbulent times in which he lived, the Buddhist priest Kenko met the world with a measured eye. As Emperor Go-Daigo fended off a challenge from the usurping Hojo family, and Japan stood at the brink of a dark political era, Kenko held fast to his Buddhist beliefs and took refuge in the pleasures of solitude. Written between 1330 and 1332, Essays in Idleness reflects the congenial priest's thoughts on a variety of subjects. His brief writings, some no more than a few sentences long and ranging in focus from politics and ethics to nature and mythology, mark the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Series
Translations from the Asian Classics
Condition
New
Weight
303g
Number of Pages
235
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231112550
SKU
V9780231112550
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About Keene
Donald Keene is Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and University Professor Emeritus at Columbia University. He is the author of more than thirty books, including So Lovely a Country Will Never Perish: Wartime Diaries of Japanese Writers; Chronicles of My Life: An American in the Heart of Japan; Frog in the Well: Portraits of Japan by Watanabe Kazan, 1793-1841; and ... Read more
Reviews for Essays in Idleness: The Tsurezuregusa of Kenko
A most delightful book, and one that has served as a model of Japanese style and taste since the seventeenth century. These cameo-like vignettes reflect the importance of the little, fleeting futile things, and each essay is Kenko himself. Asian Student If you enjoy things briefly told, if you want to try the prose equivalent of waka and haiku, if ... Read more