Neko to Yomu "Hojo Ki" Ni Manabu "Jinsei Wo Uketomeru Chikara"

[Machine Translation] The essence of "Hojoki" by Kamo Chomei, a masterpiece of Japanese classical literature, is recounted in a conversational style between a girl and a cat and illustrated in an easy-to-understand manner. The essence of "Hojoki" is... It depicts the "power to accept any event without being moved by it. In fact, "Hojoki" attracted attention immediately after the Great East Japan Earthquake because people wanted to look at their own feet once more and get hints for living.

日本古典文学の名作、鴨長明『方丈記』の本質を、少女と猫の会話方式&イラストでわかりやすく語り直す。『方丈記』の本質とは...どんな出来事にも動じることのない”受け止める力”を描いているところ。実際、東日本大震災の直後に『方丈記』が注目されたのは、もういちど自分たちの足下を見つめ、生きていくためのヒントを得たいという想いがあったからでしょう。