Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike
Readers of medieval Japanese literature have long been captivated by its romance and philosophy. In this volume, two acclaimed thirteenth-century classics, The Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike, are presented in translation. The Ten Foot Square Hut (the Hojoki) takes its title from a four and half mat sized Tearoom, the size of the hut in which the hero of the story, Chomei, lives. It offers the memorable reflections of this sensitive aristocrat who has retired from a world filled with violent contrasts and cataclysms to find refuge in nature and Buddhist philosophy. Though this narrative was written 700 years ago, its message contin…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4629-0076-3
- EAN: 9781462900763
- Produktnummer: 21857663
- Verlag: Tuttle Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 296 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 5'376 KB
- Abbildungen: b&w illus throughout
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