Written Sometime Between 1330 And 1332, The Essays In Idleness Hardly Mirror The Turbulent Times In Which They Were Born. Despite The Struggle Between The Emperor Go-daigo And The Usurping Hojo Family Which Rocked Japan During These Years, The Buddhist Priest Kenko Found Himself With Nothing Better To Do, Jotting Down At Random Whatever Nonsensical Thoughts Have Entered My Head. The Resulting Essays, None Of Them More Than A Few Pages In Length And Some Consisting Of But Two Or Three Sentences, Treat A Variety Of Subjects In A Congenial, Anecdotal Style. Kenko Clung To Tradition, Buddhism And The Pleasures Of Solitude, And The Themes He Treats Are All Suffused With An Unspoken Acceptance Of Buddhist Beliefs. He Gives Voice To A Distinctively Japanese Aesthetic Principle: That Beauty Is Bound To Perishability--publisher's Description. Preface To The Second Paperback Edition -- Foreword / By Wm. Theodore De Bary -- Preface -- Introduction -- Essays In Idleness. Translated By Donald Keene. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 203) And Index.
Categories:
- Religion & Spirituality
- Religious Studies
- Philosophy
- Religious Studies
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Author : Keene, Donald
Language : English
Edition : 2nd ed.
Published :1998-04-15
Number Of Pages : 235
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0231112556
ISBN-13 : 9780231112550
Item weight : 0.66 lb
Dimensions : 0.71 in x 5.04 in x 8.66 in
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