| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
207 pages ; 22 cm. |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Japan library |
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Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
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| Language |
Translated from the original Japanese into English. |
| Summary |
"True stories of three little-known Japanese of the Edo period who lived lives of sublime selflessness and purity, blurring the boundary between self and others. Merchant Kokudaya Jūzaburō comes up with a brilliant scheme to rescue his dying town from poverty. He and others go deep into debt, risking all to raise money for the cash-strapped daimyo and receive annual interest in return. Prodigious scholar and former Zen monk Nakane Tōri refuses a government post and elects to live in abject poverty, weaving sandals. Though perhaps the age's greatest poet, he throws his works into the fire and ends his days teaching in a country village. Ōtagaki Rengetsu, a noted beauty in Kyoto, loses two husbands and five children. She becomes a Buddhist nun and devotes her life to poetry and pottery. With her savings she feeds the hungry and builds a bridge across Kamo River"--Publisher's website. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 206). |
| Contents |
Kokudaya Jūzaburō (1719-1777) -- Nakane Tōri (1694-1765) -- Ōtagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875). |
| Subject |
Kokudaya, Jūzaburō, 1720-1777.
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Nakane, Tōri, 1694-1765.
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Rengetsu, 1791-1875.
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Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 -- Biography.
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Japan -- History -- 18th century -- Biography.
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Japan -- History -- 19th century -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Carpenter, Juliet Winters, translator.
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| Added Title |
Mushi no Nihonjin. English
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| Note |
Title in colophon: Mushi no Nihonjin |
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Title in colophon: 無私の日本人 |
| ISBN |
9784916055767 |
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4916055764 |
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