徒然草 (Tsurezuregusa)

Author

Kenkō

Language

Classical Japanese

Year

1330-1332

Country

Japan

Genre

Nonfiction Book (Treatise, History, Biography, or Book-Length Essay)

east asia

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Tsurezuregusa is a collection of essays written by the Japanese monk Kenkō (兼好) between 1330 and 1332. The work is widely considered a gem of medieval Japanese literature and one of the three representative works of the zuihitsu genre, along with The Pillow Book and the Hōjōki.