Hojoki

Visions of a Torn World

Kamo no Chomei author Michael Hofmann illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Stone Bridge Press

Published:13th Aug '98

Should be back in stock very soon

Hojoki cover

Japan's capital city of Kyoto was devastated by earthquake, storm, and fire in the late 12th century. Retreating from "this unkind world," the poet and Buddhist priest Kamo-no-Chomei left the capital for the forested mountains, where he eventually constructed his famous "ten-foot-square" hut. From this solitary vantage point Chomei produced Hojoki, an extraordinary literary work that describes all he has seen of human misery and his new life of simple chores, walks, and acts of kindness. Yet at the end he questions his own sanity and the integrity of his purpose. Has he perhaps grown too attached to his detachment?

ISBN: 9781880656228

Dimensions: 218mm x 129mm x 7mm

Weight: 127g

96 pages