人生や生命、世のはかなさや移ろいやすさ、そしてそれらに対する苦悩……。
代表的隠者文学であり、読んでおきたい日本三大随筆の一つ。

【目次】
方丈記
参考文献

An Account of My Hut (H?j?ki: 方丈記)

A famous short work written by Kamo no Ch?mei. in 1212. The essay describes disasters that befall the people of Kyoto from earthquakes to famine and fire. Kamo no Ch?mei becomes a Buddhist monk and moves into the mountains, in the end living in a 10-foot square hut.

The opening sentence

The current of the flowing river does not cease, and yet the water is not the same water as before. The foam that floats on stagnant pools, now vanishing, now forming, never stays the same for long. So, too, it is with the people and dwellings of the world. (Chambers)