Author:
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462900763
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
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.
Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike
Author:
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462900763
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462900763
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
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
The Ten Foot Square Hut
Author: Chōmei Kamo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The Ten Foot Square Hut, and Tales of the Heike
Author: Chômei Kamo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
The Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike
The Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike
The Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike
Author: A. L. Sadler
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781494075088
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781494075088
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.
The Ten Foot Square Hut
Author: Chōmei Kamo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Tales of the Heike
Author: Haruo Shirane
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231138024
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Originally written in the mid-thirteenth century, The Tales of the Heike chronicles the epic Genpei war, a civil conflict that marked the end of the power of the Heike clan and changed the course of Japanese history. Featuring a vivid cast of characters, the book depicts the emerging world of the medieval samurai and recounts in absorbing detail the chaos of the battlefield, the intrigue of the imperial court, and the gradual loss of courtly tradition. This new, abridged translation presents the work's most gripping episodes and includes woodblock illustrations, a glossary of characters, and an extended bibliography.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231138024
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Originally written in the mid-thirteenth century, The Tales of the Heike chronicles the epic Genpei war, a civil conflict that marked the end of the power of the Heike clan and changed the course of Japanese history. Featuring a vivid cast of characters, the book depicts the emerging world of the medieval samurai and recounts in absorbing detail the chaos of the battlefield, the intrigue of the imperial court, and the gradual loss of courtly tradition. This new, abridged translation presents the work's most gripping episodes and includes woodblock illustrations, a glossary of characters, and an extended bibliography.
Chaos and Cosmos
Author: H.E. Plutschow
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004420576
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004420576
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description