Kamo no Chōmei

Hojoki: Visions of a Torn World

The single great work of literary witness in medieval Japan, Hojoki is a short social chronicle prompted by a series of calamities that overtook old Kyoto in the late 12th century. By building a rude home in the forest and eliminating desire, poet and Bud

Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century