ISBN:
4916055764
,
9784916055767
Language:
English
Pages:
207 Seiten
,
22 cm
Edition:
First edition
Series Statement:
Japan library
Uniform Title:
Mushi no Nihonjin
Keywords:
Kokudaya, Jūzaburō
;
Nakane, Tōri
;
Rengetsu
;
Japan Biography History Tokugawa period, 1600-1868
;
Japan Biography History 18th century
;
Japan Biography History 19th century
;
Japan -- History -- 18th century -- Biography
;
Japan -- History -- 19th century -- Biography
;
Biografie
;
Japan
;
Edo-Zeit
;
Selbstlosigkeit
Abstract:
"True stories of three little-known Japanese of the Edo period who lived lives of sublime selflessness and purity, blurring the boundary between self and others. Merchant Kokudaya Jūzaburō comes up with a brilliant scheme to rescue his dying town from poverty. He and others go deep into debt, risking all to raise money for the cash-strapped daimyo and receive annual interest in return. Prodigious scholar and former Zen monk Nakane Tōri refuses a government post and elects to live in abject poverty, weaving sandals. Though perhaps the age's greatest poet, he throws his works into the fire and ends his days teaching in a country village. Ōtagaki Rengetsu, a noted beauty in Kyoto, loses two husbands and five children. She becomes a Buddhist nun and devotes her life to poetry and pottery. With her savings she feeds the hungry and builds a bridge across Kamo River"--Publisher's website
Abstract:
Kokudaya Jūzaburō (1719-1777) -- Nakane Tōri (1694-1765) -- Ōtagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875)
Note:
English translation of: 無私の日本人. - Originally published: 東京 : 文藝春秋, 2012
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