Essays in Idleness

1330; Essays in Idleness, 1967), became, especially after the 17th century, a basic part of Japanese education, and his views have had a prominent place in subsequent Japanese life.

1330; Essays in Idleness); instead, he looks back nostalgically to the happier days of the past. Kenkō’s aesthetic judgments, often based on a this-worldly awareness rather surprising in a Buddhist priest, gained wide currency, especially after the 17th century, when Tsurezuregusa was widely read.