Cover of Essays in Idleness

Essays in Idleness

by Yoshida Kenkō, Donald Keene, 吉田兼好

3.5
(2 ratings)
244 pages1332Cosimo ClassicsISBN 9781596050624
PhilosophyClassicsGeneralElectronic booksNonfictionBuddhismJapanJapanese culture

About this book

The Buddhist priest Kenko clung to tradition, Buddhism, and the pleasures of solitude, and the themes he treats in his "Essays, " written sometime between 1330 and 1332, are all suffused with an unspoken acceptance of Buddhist beliefs.

Publication Details

Publisher
Cosimo Classics
Published
1332
Pages
244
ISBN
9781596050624

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