Tsurezuregusa [徒然草] ["Momenti d'ozio"] saggio in prosa di Yoshida Kenkô (1330). Consiste in una serie di 243 brevi sezioni (da poche righe a 1-2 pagine) che contengono ricordi, pagine di diario, riflessioni sulla condizione umana, considerazioni filosofiche, morali o estetiche. Primo e più famoso esempio di zuihitsu, è considerato un classico della letteratura giapponese ed è molto letto anche oggi.
The collection of essays Tsurezuregusa (Essays in Idleness), a classic of early medieval Japanese literature, written by Yoshida Kenkō (吉田兼好 Yoshida Kenkō, c. 1283 – c. 1350-52) a Japanese monk.Although most commonly called "Essays in Idleness", a more precise translation of the title would be "Notes from Leisure Hours" or simply "Leisure Hour Notes". Themes of these essays are for example the beauty of the changing seasons and nature in general, the transience of life, traditions, friendship etc. These essays were written in the zuihitsu style. The name zuihitsu means "follow the brush", and the purpose of this style of writing was to allow the writers brush to skip from one topic to the next, led only by the direction of their thoughts.
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