Moreover, it also includes historical facts. The Hojoki shows that the capital was moved suddenly even though the new capital was not prepared enough, and it was unexpected relocation for some people. It explains that Kyoto was established as the capital more than four hundred years ago, but all the emperor and other high nobles moved to new capital sooner after the capital moved. …show more content…
One of the biggest problem it covers is the natural disaster such as droughts, floods and earthquakes, and how people suffered by those disasters.
I can surely tell there was beggars, the Hojoki describes their numbers by telling “beggars lined the streets.” It shows that there were people who die in hunger, and the bodies were left in the streets until it gets decomposed. The peasant’s life was not that easy, and the society was not affluent. “The ones whose love was stronger always died first.” This sentence well shows their miserable lives by lack of food and cruel situation. Even the Hojoki gives information about exact number of corpses. It mentions that these countless deaths was more than 42,300.
By reading the Hojoki, one makerble information is their belief on Buddhism. It clearly shows Buddhism was one big religion during the period. On the Hojoki, Buddha is described as a something holy, and even the Hojoki says the head falling from the Buddha at Todai Temple was one of the most terrible things. Also, when the author constructed a new shelter, the author installed a painting of Amida