Hojoki: Visions of a Torn World (Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature) - Softcover

Chomei, Kamo No; Hofmann, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1880656221 ISBN 13: 9781880656228

Verlag: Stone Bridge Press, 1998

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Book by Chomei Kamo no

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An extraordinary literary work from the 12th century, a meditation on nature and mortality.

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Japan's capital city of Kyoto was devastated by earthquake, storm, and fire in the late 12th century. Retreating from "this unkind world," the poet and Buddhist priest Kamo-no-Chomei left the capital for the forested mountains, where he eventually constructed his famous "ten-foot-square" hut. From this solitary vantage point Chomei produced Hojoki, an extraordinary literary work that describes all he has seen of human misery and his new life of simple chores, walks, and acts of kindness. Yet at the end he questions his own sanity and the integrity of his purpose. Has he perhaps grown too attached to his detachment?

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• Verlag: Stone Bridge Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1880656221
• ISBN 13: 9781880656228
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 98