Ho JoeKi is an essay reflecting negative social situation with mutability thought by Kamono Chomei, the poet of dark, middle age of Japan, The auther had illusion with the world, and he would escaped from worldly affairs to religeous life but he could...
Ho JoeKi is an essay reflecting negative social situation with mutability thought by Kamono Chomei, the poet of dark, middle age of Japan, The auther had illusion with the world, and he would escaped from worldly affairs to religeous life but he could not de vote himself to the religeous life, since he was a successor of classic aristocratic culture, and the reality he denied was historical reality which might distract the aristocratic culture.
With his narrow view of the world, understanding of reality did not imply positive aspects, the nature and vital real life but emphasized absolutely negative and fading away process of life. Therefore the world view was restricted to itself and ethics of the work was limited.
The absolute denial of the reality did not give peace to his reclusion life but he enjoyed the aristocratic taste of life during the period of his sedusion.
The reasons of the ambiguity of Ho Joe Ki are as follows:
He had a resistance against aristocratic society since the failure of earthy life, which made him a priest. In other words, his awareness of innovation and new historical real is a positive aspect of his work, and the other is the fact that it was written when his world view was not stabilized.