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Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike

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Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462900763
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike written by and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 continues to have an astonishing timeliness. Tales of the Heike (selections from the Heike Monogatari) deals with the same period but from a different point of view, supplying the background of Chomei's meditations. It is a collection of episodic stories, written in poetical prose, related to the rise and fall of the Taira clan in twelfth-century Kyoto, one of the great turning points in Japanese history. The translations, by the late Professor A. L. Sandler, are complemented by an informed Introduction on the background to these masterpieces of Japanese literature.

The Ten Foot Square Hut, and Tales of the Heike

Author : Chômei Kamo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (233 download)

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Download or read book The Ten Foot Square Hut, and Tales of the Heike written by Chômei Kamo and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Ten Foot Square Hut

Author : Chōmei Kamo
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book The Ten Foot Square Hut written by Chōmei Kamo and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Ten Foot Square Hut

Author : Chōmei Kamo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Ten Foot Square Hut written by Chōmei Kamo and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 271 pages
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Download or read book The Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hojoki

Author : Kamo Chomei
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press
ISBN 13 : 0893469858
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book Hojoki written by Kamo Chomei and published by Stone Bridge Press. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A luminous translation of the classic Buddhist poem

The Ten Foot Square Hut

Author : Chōmei Kamo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Ten Foot Square Hut written by Chōmei Kamo and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Essays in Idleness

Author : Kenko
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141957875
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Essays in Idleness written by Kenko and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Hôjôki, Chômei recounts his decision to withdraw from worldly affairs and live as a hermit in a tiny hut in the mountains, contemplating the impermanence of human existence. Kenko, however, displays a fascination with more earthy matters in his collection of anecdotes, advice and observations. From ribald stories of drunken monks to aching nostalgia for the fading traditions of the Japanese court, Essays in Idleness is a constantly surprising work that ranges across the spectrum of human experience. Meredith McKinney's excellent new translation also includes notes and an introduction exploring the spiritual and historical background of the works. Chômei was born into a family of Shinto priests in around 1155, at at time when the stable world of the court was rapidly breaking up. He became an important though minor poet of his day, and at the age of fifty, withdrew from the world to become a tonsured monk. He died in around 1216. Kenkô was born around 1283 in Kyoto. He probably became a monk in his late twenties, and was also noted as a calligrapher. Today he is remembered for his wise and witty aphorisms, 'Essays in Idleness'. Meredith McKinney, who has also translated Sei Shonagon's The Pillow Book for Penguin Classics, is a translator of both contemporary and classical Japanese literature. She lived in Japan for twenty years and is currently a visitng fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra. '[Essays in Idleness is] a most delightful book, and one that has served as a model of Japanese style and taste since the 17th century. These cameo-like vignettes reflect the importance of the little, fleeting futile things, and each essay is Kenko himself' Asian Student

The Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike

Author : A. L. Sadler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258958336
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (583 download)

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Download or read book The Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike written by A. L. Sadler and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.

Finding Wisdom in East Asian Classics

Author : Wm. Theodore De Bary
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231153961
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Finding Wisdom in East Asian Classics written by Wm. Theodore De Bary and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding Wisdom in East Asian Classics is an essential, all-access guide to the core texts of East Asian civilization and culture. Essays address frequently read, foundational texts in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, as well as early modern fictional classics and nonfiction works of the seventeenth century. Building strong links between these writings and the critical traditions of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism, this volume shows the vital role of the classics in the shaping of Asian history and in the development of the humanities at large. Wm. Theodore de Bary focuses on texts that have survived for centuries, if not millennia, through avid questioning and contestation. Recognized as perennial reflections on life and society, these works represent diverse historical periods and cultures and include the Analects of Confucius, Mencius, Laozi, Xunxi, the Lotus Sutra, Tang poetry, the Pillow Book, The Tale of Genji, and the writings of Chikamatsu and Kaibara Ekken. Contributors explain the core and most commonly understood aspects of these works and how they operate within their traditions. They trace their reach and reinvention throughout history and their ongoing relevance in modern life. With fresh interpretations of familiar readings, these essays inspire renewed appreciation and examination. In the case of some classics open to multiple interpretations, de Bary chooses two complementary essays from different contributors. Expanding on debates concerning the challenges of teaching classics in the twenty-first century, several pieces speak to the value of Asia in the core curriculum. Indispensable for early scholarship on Asia and the evolution of global civilization, Finding Wisdom in East Asian Classics helps one master the major texts of human thought.

Paradise in Plain Sight

Author : Karen Maezen Miller
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 1608682528
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Paradise in Plain Sight written by Karen Maezen Miller and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2014 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reflections on finding peace, beauty, and fulfillment in everyday life, illustrated by the author's experiences with tending her new home's venerable but neglected Japanese garden"--

The Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike

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Four Huts

Author : Burton Watson
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1611806410
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (118 download)

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Download or read book Four Huts written by Burton Watson and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beloved Eastern classic on living simply and in harmony with nature is back as part of the new Shambhala Pocket Library series. The short works collected in Four Huts give voice to one of the most treasured aesthetic and spiritual ideals of Asia—that of a simple life lived in a simple dwelling. The texts were written between the ninth and the seventeenth centuries and convey each author’s underlying sense of the world and what is to be valued in it. Four Huts presents original translations by Burton Watson—one of the most respected translators of Chinese and Japanese literature. The qualities that emerge from these writings are an awareness of impermanence, love of nature, fondness for poetry and music, and an appreciation of the quiet life. Four Huts features eleven brush paintings by renowned artist Stephen Addiss.

Encyclopedia of the Essay

Author : Tracy Chevalier
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135314101
Total Pages : 1032 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Essay written by Tracy Chevalier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking new source of international scope defines the essay as nonfictional prose texts of between one and 50 pages in length. The more than 500 entries by 275 contributors include entries on nationalities, various categories of essays such as generic (such as sermons, aphorisms), individual major works, notable writers, and periodicals that created a market for essays, and particularly famous or significant essays. The preface details the historical development of the essay, and the alphabetically arranged entries usually include biographical sketch, nationality, era, selected writings list, additional readings, and anthologies

Cha-No-Yu

Author : A. L. Sadler
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462901913
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Cha-No-Yu written by A. L. Sadler and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic of Japanese cultural studies explains the famous Japanese tea ceremony or cha-no-yu with great scholarship and clarity. In 1933, when A. L. Sadler's imposing book on the Japanese tea ceremony first appeared, there was no other work on the subject in English that even remotely approached it in comprehensiveness or detail. Having attained something of the stature of a classic among studies of Japanese esthetics, it has remained one of the most sought-after of books in this field. It is therefore both a pleasure and a privilege to make it available once again in a complete and unabridged digital version The tea culture book is abundantly illustrated with drawings of tea ceremony furniture and utensils, tearoom architecture and garden design, floor and ground plans, and numerous other features of the cha-no-yu. A number of photographic plates picture famous tea bowls, teahouses, and gardens.

Japanese Plays

Author : A.L. Sadler
Publisher : Tuttle Classics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese Plays written by A.L. Sadler and published by Tuttle Classics. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic Noh, Kyogen and Kabuki Works Nothing reflects the beauty of life as much as Japanese theater. It is here that reality is held suspended and emptiness can fill the mind with words, music, dance, and mysticism. A.L. Sadler translates the mysteries of Noh, Kyogen, and Kabuki in his groundbreaking book, Japanese Plays. A seminal classic in its time, it provides a cross-section of Japanese theater that gives the reader a sampler of its beauty and power. The power of Noh is in its ability to create an iconic world that represents the attributes that the Japanese hold in highest esteem: family, patriotism, and honor. Kyogen plays provide comic relief often times performed between the serious and stoic Noh plays. Similarly, Sadler's translated Kyogen pieces are layered between the Noh and the Kabuki plays. The Kabuki plays were the theater of the common people of Japan. The course of time has given them the patina of folk art making them precious cultural relics of Japan. Sadler selected these pieces for translation because of their lighter subject matter and relatively upbeat endings—ideal for a western readership. More linear in their telling and pedestrian in the lessons learned these plays show the difficulties of being in love when a society is bent on conformity and paternal rule. The end result found in Japanese Plays is a wonderful selection of classic Japanese dramatic literature sure to enlighten and delight.

The Maker of Modern Japan

Author : A L Sadler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136924698
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book The Maker of Modern Japan written by A L Sadler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-16 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tokugawa Ieyasu founded a dynasty of rulers, organized a system of government and set in train the re-orientation of the religion of Japan so that he would take the premier place in it. Calm, capable and entirely fearless, Ieyasu deliberately brought the opposition to a head and crushed in a decisive battle, after which he made himself Shogun, despite not being from the Minamoto clan. He organized the Japanese legal and educational systems and encouraged trade with Europe (playing off the Protestant powers of Holland and England against Catholic Spain and Portugal). This book remains one of the few volumes on Tokugawa Ieyasu which draws on more material from Japanese sources than quotations from the European documents from his era and is therefore much more accurate and thorough in its examination of the life and legacy of one of the greatest Shoguns.