'It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune with someone from the past whom you have never met...'Moonlight, sake, spring blossom, idle moments, a woman's hair - these exquisite reflections on life's fleeting pleasures by a thirteenth-century Japanese monk are delicately attuned to nature and the senses.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the hu...

'Zullen we de bloesems enkel bewonderen op het hoogtepunt van hun bloei en de maan alleen als er geen wolken staan? Verlangen naar de maan terwijl je het ziet regenen; de blinden neerlaten en niets van het verloop der lente weten is nóg bekoorlijker en aangrijpender. Wat valt er veel te bewonderen aan een twijg die net opbloeit, of aan een tuin bezaaid met verwelkte bloesems!' De schetsen, indrukken en gedachten die Kenkō verzamelde in De kunst van het nietsdoen hebben een blijvend stempel...

'I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the beauty of the sky'These simple, inspiring writings by three medieval Buddhist monks offer peace and wisdom amid the world's uncertainties, and are an invitation to relinquish earthly desires and instead taste life in the moment.One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers...

These two works on life's fleeting pleasures are by Buddhist monks from medieval Japan, but each shows a different world-view. In the short memoir Hôjôki, Chômei recounts his decision to withdraw from worldly affairs and live as a hermit in a tiny hut in the mountains, contemplating the impermanence of human existence. Kenko, however, displays a fascination with more earthy matters in his collection of anecdotes, advice and observations. From ribald stories of drunken monks to ach...

Essays in Idleness by Yoshida Kenkō is one of the most treasured works of classical Japanese literature, a timeless collection of reflections that captures the beauty, simplicity, and fleeting nature of life. Written in the fourteenth century by the Buddhist monk and courtier Yoshida Kenkō, this remarkable work offers a series of short observations and meditations on human experience, nature, culture, and the passing of time. Composed of brief and often contemplative passages, the book inv...

¿Qué puede pasar cuando la estrella más aventurera del universo decide seguir a su corazón? ¡Menudo peligro! O… tal vez no. Quizás sea, en realidad, el comienzo del viaje más emocionante de su vida. ¿Alguna vez has conocido a alguien tan especial que parece brillar con luz propia? KENKO es uno de ellos: un pequeño pez naranja con una enorme estrella en su interior. Y, ¿sabes qué? Acércate un poquito, que quiero contarte un secreto… TODOS hemos venido a BRILLAR.

Kamakura döneminin sonunda Yoshida Kenkō tarafından 14. yüzyılda yazılan Tsurezuregusa Japon kültürünün ve estetik duyarlılığının temel ögeleri olan geçicilik hissi ve sadelikteki güzellik anlayışını yansıtır. Eserin işlediği temalar dinden siyasete uzansa da yazarın her konuda engin merakını ve dönemin değer yargılarına karşı takındığı kayıtsız tavrı gözler önüne serer.Heyan sarayı aristokratları ile rahiplerini konu alan küçük hikâyelerden oluşan eserinde Yoshida Kenkō’nun hemen ...

Aparentemente registros de gatos no extremo oriente vem inicialmente da China da Dinastia Sui (aprox. séc. VI) e no Japão, ele chegaria no século VII. Mas e os gatos mágicos? aqueles que são capazes de mudar sua forma ou ter poderes sobrenaturais? Ah, esses tem também seus registros em livros ilustres de registros de situações, enciclopédias e até escritos por intelectuais da época. Venha descobrir os primeiros relatos dos gatos mágicos, bem como o texto que confirma a primeira aparição de...

This book gathers contributions from a multidisciplinary research team comprised of control engineering and economics researchers and formed to address a central interdisciplinary social issue, namely economically enabled energy management. The book’s primary focus is on achieving optimal energy management that is viable from both an engineering and economic standpoint. In addition to the theoretical results and techniques presented, several chapters highlight experimental case studies, wh...