Essays in Idleness
by Kamo no Chomei
Title:
Essays in Idleness
Author:
Kamo no Chomei
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
224 pages
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN-13:
9780141192109
EAN:
9780141192109
Publication Date:
05/12/2013
Classifications:
Biography and non-fiction prose
Weight (g):
290
Dimensions (mm):
196 x 133 x 14
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£8.24
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Description
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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