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Essays in Idleness From Kenko epub Essays in Idleness From Kenko pdf download Essays in Idleness From Kenko pdf file Essays in Idleness From Kenko audiobook Essays in Idleness From Kenko book review Essays in Idleness From Kenko summary | #244164 in Books | Kenko | 1998-04-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.68 x.60 x5.34l,.63 | File type: PDF | 235 pages | ISBN13: 9780231112550 | Condition: New | Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed||37 of 38 people found the following review helpful.| Kenko's Time-capsule: A Cultural Survey|By hoarselord|Anyone interested in or studying Japanese history/literature/culture should read this book. It contains a series of short essays (zuihitsu) and reads much like Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book. These essays range from Kenko's moral opinions about various aspects of life to his aesthetic tastes and thoughts about beauty. The||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
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 m...
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