Essays in Idleness: and Hojoki

Chomei, Yoshida Kenko, Kenko, Chomei And Kenko Yoshida

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 Hojoki, Chomei recounts his decision to withdraw from worldly affairs and live as a hermit in a tiny hut in the mountains, contemplating the impermanence of ...