It is said to be hermit-literature.īecause Kenko YOSHIDA set up his residence at Narabigaoka hill, where Ninna-ji Temple is also located, the work contains a lot of stories concerning the Ninna-ji Temple. The work covers a wide range of topics, reflecting Kenko's various aspects as a poet, a classical scholar, and a calligrapher. In the preface, he wrote that 'he is going to write essays just to kill his time,' but in fact, he pursued a meaningful life through his contemplation, miscellaneous thoughts, and anecdotes. It consists of 244 sections including the preface. The collection contains both Japanese writing in which mainly kana (Japanese syllabary characters) were used and the mixed writing of Japanese and Chinese. It should have been written by Kenko, who was in the middle years of his life, but some people claim that it includes the writings written when he was young. The view that it was compiled between August of 1330 and September of 1331in the Kamakura period is dominant, but there are many different opinions, any of which are not accepted widely. It is valued as one of the Japan Three Majors Lists, Histories and Satires, along with "Makura no soshi" (the Pillow Book) by Sei Shonagon and " Hojoki" (An Account of My Hut) by KAMO no Chomei. Tsurezuregusa is an essay which was written by Kenko YOSHIDA, or Kaneyoshi URABE (real name). Tsurezuregusa (Essays in Idleness) ( 徒然草)
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