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Zuihitsu (随筆) is a genre of Japanese literature consisting of loosely connected personal essays and fragmented ideas that typically respond to the author's surroundings. The name is derived from two Kanji meaning "at will" and "pen." The provenance of the term is ultimately Chinese, zuihitsu being the Sino-Japanese reading (on'yomi) of 随筆 (Mandarin: suíbǐ), the native reading (kun'yomi) of which is fude ni shitagau ("follow the brush").[1][dubious – discuss] Thus works of the genre should be considered not as traditionally planned literary pieces but rather as casual or randomly recorded thoughts by the authors.
^Chance, Linda H. (1997). Formless in Form: Kenko, Tsurezuregusa, and the Rhetoric of Japanese Fragmentary Prose. Stanford: Stanford UP, p. 46.
Zuihitsu (随筆) is a genre of Japanese literature consisting of loosely connected personal essays and fragmented ideas that typically respond to the author's...
to as the zuihitsu genre. Other major works from the same period include Kamo no Chōmei's Hōjōki and Yoshida Kenkō's Tsurezuregusa. Zuihitsu rose to mainstream...
medieval Japanese literature and one of the three representative works of the zuihitsu genre, along with The Pillow Book and the Hōjōki. Essays in Idleness comprises...
creatures known to kill humans in water by Asakawa Zen'an [ja]'s essay Zen'an zuihitsu and conjectured that there used to be lore where sacred snakes which were...
in Europe with a genre of essays known as zuihitsu—loosely connected essays and fragmented ideas. Zuihitsu have existed since almost the beginnings of...
Morita for three days and three nights. He became a respected author of zuihitsu, a form of contemplative personal essay. His writings focused on promoting...
This is a list of texts written in classical Japanese, grouped by genres and in chronological order. Sangyō Gisho Shōmangyō Gisho (611) Yuimagyō Gisho...
Japanese forms, such as zuihitsu in her poetry collection, The Narrow Road to the Interior: "The Japanese view it [zuihitsu]as a distinct genre, although...
developed that cats should not be kept for long periods. In the "Ansai Zuihitsu (安斎随筆)" the courtier Sadatake Ise stated, "A cat that is several years...
awakens his true identity." Sections from The Pillow Book, a collection of zuihitsu, have been anthologized in Starry Island: New Writing from Singapore. The...
[Japanese Essay Collection: The Third Period, Volume 7] (in Japanese). Nihon Zuihitsu Taisei Publishing Association. pp. 204–205. doi:10.11501/1914201. 新薩藩叢書...
Gerald (2018-11-30). The Land We Saw, the Times We Knew: An Anthology of Zuihitsu Writing from Early Modern Japan. University of Hawaii Press. p. 323....
: 47–50 Another category of his letters follow the genres of Japanese zuihitsu, lyrical and loosely organized essays that combine personal reflection...
appreciate more than the minimum standard as a novel. — Seichō Matsumoto. Zuihitsu Kuroi Techō (Essays on the Mystery Novel). 1961. pp.18 - 25. Ellery, the...
Ogawabashi" on the "viva! Edo" site. See the description in "Ton Satomi Zuihitsu Collection" (Iwanami Bunko, 1994 ISBN 4003106083). [in Japanese] See the...
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