Screen LibraryUnsung heroes of old Japan /
"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, r...
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Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture,
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| Publisher Address: | Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Photo |
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English Japanese |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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Japan library
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"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. |
| Item Description: | Exchange. |
| Carrier Form: | 207 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 206). |
| ISBN: |
9784916055767 : 4916055764 |
| Index Number: | DS871 |
| CLC: | K833.137 |
| Call Number: | K833.137/I851 |
| Contents: | Kokudaya Jūzaburō (1719-1777) -- Nakane Tōri (1694-1765) -- Ōtagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875). |