{"product_id":"essays-in-idleness","title":"Essays in Idleness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn idle hours a monk faces his inkstone and sets down whatever passes through his mind.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrder this book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?params=814SCpf0nPnroFeM48wgOqoPkjgKOm3JIAeaKwJUNMB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePaperback from IngramSpark →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?params=sNOEE00U7LfescnOhpgsstZX87Ih45oOnRKGxoljiYx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eHardcover from IngramSpark →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout this edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround 1330, the monk Yoshida Kenkō set down, in idle hours, two hundred and forty-three short meditations on nature, beauty, friendship, impermanence, and the art of living, ranging from the turning of the seasons to the follies of men. His \u003cem\u003eTsurezuregusa\u003c\/em\u003e is a founding text of \u003cem\u003emono no aware\u003c\/em\u003e, the tender awareness of the transience of things, and has been read and loved for seven centuries. It is given here complete in the 1914 English translation of William N. Porter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA newly typeset Northlume Library edition, behind an original mixed media cover illustration by JVB Atelier Designs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYoshida Kenkō (c. 1283–c. 1352)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTranslated by William N. Porter (1914)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNorthlume Classic Library\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback and hardcover, 6 × 9, 158 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"JVB Atelier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44690120376362,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/0228\/4330\/files\/essays-in-idleness.jpg?v=1786646424","url":"https:\/\/northlume.org\/products\/essays-in-idleness","provider":"Northlume ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}