Kenko Yoshida Quotes


On a moonlit night, after a snowfall, or under cherry blossoms, it adds to our pleasure if, while chatting at our ease, we bring forth the wine cups.


Citations

Yoshida, Kenkō. Essays in Idleness: The Tsurezuregusa of Kenko. Translated by Donald Keene, Columbia University Press, 1967, p. 150.

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Kenko Yoshida
Kenko Yoshida
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  • Profession: Scientist

Kenkō (1283–1350) was a Japanese author and Buddhist monk. His most famous work is Tsurezuregusa (Essays in Idleness), one of the most studied works of medieval Japanese literature. Kenko wrote during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods.