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Essays in Idleness

- and Hojoki

About Essays in Idleness

Offers two works on life's fleeting pleasures by Buddhist monks from medieval Japan, but each shows a different world-view. This book includes ribald stories of drunken monks to aching nostalgia for the fading traditions of the Japanese court.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780141192109
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 224
  • Published:
  • December 4, 2013
  • Dimensions:
  • 133x196x14 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 170 g.
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Description of Essays in Idleness

Offers two works on life's fleeting pleasures by Buddhist monks from medieval Japan, but each shows a different world-view. This book includes ribald stories of drunken monks to aching nostalgia for the fading traditions of the Japanese court.

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