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Yoshida Kenkō

Yoshida Kenkō was a Japanese writer, poet and essayist (1283–1350). He was born in Kyoto and died in Japan.

Also recorded as Yoshida Kenko · Yoshida Kenkou · Urabe no Kaneyoshi

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Yoshida Kenkō, Yoshida Kenko

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Biography

The authorities additionally record the headings Yoshida Kenko, Yoshida Kenkou and Urabe no Kaneyoshi. His recorded language was Japanese. His recorded confession was Buddhism.

Yoshida Kenkō is recorded as writer, poet and essayist.

Priest Yoshida Kenkō (Kenkō hōshi). Surimono by Uatagawa Hiroshige. Shikishiban format, surimono print with poem signed Enba II. Japan, Mid-1840s. Chester Beatty Library J 2095

Priest Yoshida Kenkō (Kenkō hōshi). Surimono by Uatagawa Hiroshige. Shikishiban format, surimono print with poem signed Enba II. Japan, Mid-1840s. Chester Beatty Library J 2095

Utagawa Hiroshige · Google Arts Culture — the-priest-yoshida-kenko-utagawa-hiroshige/SgGYDNZb1pY2og

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  1. 1283

    Life

    Yoshida Kenkō was born in 1283 at Kyoto.

  2. 1331

    Tsurezuregusa is dated 1331.

  3. 1350

    Life

    Yoshida Kenkō died in 1350 at Japan.

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  1. 1283

    Yoshida Kenkō was born in 1283 at Kyoto.

  2. 1331

    Tsurezuregusa is dated 1331.

  3. 1350

    Yoshida Kenkō died in 1350 at Japan.

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  • Kyoto
  • Japan
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Literature

Bibliography

Yoshida Kenkō: Tsurezure gusa, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020.

  • Kenkō Shōkei, Oxford Art Online, 2003

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References

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Every cited source · 9
  1. 01

    Defrance Arthur, La Pensée taoïste dans les Heures oisives de Yoshida Kenkō, Cipango, 2014

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  2. 02

    Kenkō Shōkei, Oxford Art Online, 2003

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  3. 03

    Yoshida Kenkō, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

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  4. 04

    Yoshida Kenkō: Tsurezure gusa, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

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  5. 05

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming Yoshida Kenkō.

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  6. 06

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 118944347, Yoshida, Kenkō.

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  7. 07

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Yoshida Kenkō.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  8. 08

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q372772: Yoshida Kenkō

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  9. 09

    “Yoshida Kenkō”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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A further 1 witness is held back from this article because the person or object named in it is not yet resolved to this record. They are kept, not discarded, and return once the identity is established.

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Those registers additionally record the forms Kenko, Hoshi, Kaneyoshi, Kenkô, Urabe, Kenko, Kenko-khosi, 卜部, 兼好, 兼好法師 and Yoshida, Kenko.

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