Kamo no Chomei

Hojoki

Twelfth-century meditative essay on hermitic withdrawal from worldly attachments

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Kamo no Chomei

Medieval Japanese poet and essayist best known for Hojoki, a reflection on impermanence written after retreating to a tiny hermitage. His work is foundational to the Japanese literary tradition of solitary withdrawal.

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