Kokoro
Subtitle: Hints & Echos Of Japanese Inner Life (Classics of Japanese Literature)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: February 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780804836609
Subjects: Asian studies; Social history; Spirituality; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Collections; Literature: Classics; Japan; Essays; Asian
First sentence: YESTERDAY a telegram from Fukuoka announced that a desperate criminal captured there would be brought for trial to Kumamoto to-day, on the train due at noon.
Description: The 15 essays collected here examine the inner spiritual life of Japan through the people that make Japan the unique place it is. The word "Kokora" itself can be translated as "heart," "spirit" or "inner meaning,"