Report of lord (2006) ISBN: 4022501898 [Japanese Import]

Michifumi Isoda

Asahi Shimbun

<p>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. Otagaki 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.</p>

Unsung Heroes of Old Japan (JAPAN LIBRARY)

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Report of lord (2006) ISBN: 4022501898 [Japanese Import]

Unsung Heroes of Old Japan (JAPAN LIBRARY)