Hojoki Urban Environment

Improved Essays
At the beginning of the Hojoki, it says there were clear lines between the poor and the rich, and they have completely different houses, residential environment. “why do they delight our eyes?” this phrase shows having a “good” house was one of important thing for the people during this period. It tells big events which affected to peasants such as the huge fire.
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

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    On August 29, New Orleans was hit by Hurricane Katrina, one of the “largest and 3rd strongest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in the US” according to (Holden, 2006) until recent natural disasters. Thousands of civilians were affected personally and financially. Hurricane Katrina started in the Gulf of Mexico and moved west to New Orleans. Around August 26-27, 2005. The Mayor at the time Clarence Ray Nagin, Jr. ordered an emergency evacuation after getting a call from Max Mayfair stating “This is one of the worst storms that I have ever seen in my 33-year history.”…

    • 406 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    So, ideas like Humanistic Buddhism were new to them. The outfits, dining habits, liturgies and ideas will differ considerably from what you see in…

    • 532 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    The Boston Marathon bombing is a recent attack that was the plot against the United States since 9/11 attacks. Two explosions went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The terrorist attack stunned the nation killing three people, injuring and harmed hundreds. This attack was not recognized as a potential threat by law enforcement and intelligence. Americans did not consider the use of an improvised explosive device on American territory.…

    • 1529 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The data collected in the previous table was based off the SoVI 2006-2010 Variables, this is the data that is compiled for the Social Vulnerability Index for both Maryland and Texas. In many categories both Anne Arundel and Fort Bend were similar in percentage. Looking specifically at Anne Arundel County socioeconomic risks, they have high income, educational levels, and housing. However, there are some racial, and income groups that are higher for risk. Fort Bend County has a high quality of health care, high transportation rate, and low unemployment.…

    • 777 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In recent weeks there has been numerous natural disasters in several different places. From Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas, to the extreme fires in Los Angeles, California, to Hurricane Irma becoming a Category 5 hurricane that is about to hit South Florida and could possibly make its way up the east coast of the United States and even hit us here in New York in a week or two, to Tropical Storm Jose forming right behind Hurricane Irma, and many other storms and disasters that aren't being talked about because there is just too much going on. The aftermath of these disasters are brutal to the people and their communities. Some people don't even make it out alive and many of those who do have to find new homes and overcome many obstacles…

    • 492 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Japan in the 1600s and 1700s was controlled by a system of Tokugawa shoguns who ruled effectively. They instituted union, order, and peace during the reign. Japan was unified under 3 important leaders, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu who enforced unification within Japan. During this time Japan was going through many changes too, like urbanization, creating an ordered society, and also sustaining traditional ways.…

    • 809 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Next Big One In the magazine “ The Next Big One”, by Joel Achenbach gives details about an earthquake that had happened in the past and it was really bad. The name of the fault of the type of earthquake movement was The Hayward Fault. A long and lethal crack in the earth, slices along the base of the Berkeley Hills and directly through the University of California. Now… Joel Achenbach quotes that “ We understood earthquakes better than we did a century ago, when San Francisco was flattened. Now we would like to predict them.”…

    • 439 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    For this discussion, I read the article titled Children and Trauma: A post -Katrina and Rita Response and I watched the 60 minutes video on the Sandy Hook school shooting. Both man- made and natural disasters bring about many questions and need psychological help to process. Feelings of insecurity, powerlessness, confusion, and depression were common, as homes, workplaces, and schools were destroyed or left uninhabitable. Discuss how we might understand and/or respond to crisis and trauma from a faith informed perspective while utilizing sound counseling methods. We can respond to crisis and trauma by showing love and compassion just as Jesus did for all of us when he died on the cross.…

    • 420 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Kyoto Research Paper

    • 409 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Kyoto; Japan Kyoto was the ancient capital of Japan containing 250 000 people, give or take a few. Kyoto was established in 794. Kyoto was divided into four parts, the East, West, South and North ends, Kyoto covers 827.90 acres of Japan's land. Kyoto consists of various of seasons, summer dad could get very hot while winter days were average. Kyoto was the place of culture and art, woodblock paintings by artisans had become very common, Zen gardens and Geishas became popular.…

    • 409 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Middle America is a prime spot for hurricanes. Countries located inside of Middle America become victim to these tropical storms every year. There have been different storms that have affected the people of Middle America greatly. On November 24th, 2016, while American’s were busy celebrating Thanksgiving, the people of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama and other surrounding countries were preparing for one such storm, Hurricane Otto. Hurricane Otto was a terrible storm that had multiple short term and long term effects that negatively affected the people of the Middle American realm.…

    • 885 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Lineman Bean Short Story

    • 362 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Once the disaster of Lineman Bean struck the village. All the crops failed. Lakes and rivers started to dry up. The people of the villages started moving to the city to save their lives.…

    • 362 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Basically, the author calls attention to writer’s different attitudes to Buddhism. There are 3 contrasting types of voices: contentious voices, virtuous models and embarrassing successes. Besides, as Halperin said, “left resembling a bystander, distanced from the larger society, perceptive but ineffectual”(202), he argues that commemorations were also attempted to highlight the monastery in the writer’s personal…

    • 1495 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Essay On 1980 Heat Waves

    • 2096 Words
    • 9 Pages

    The 1980 Heat Wave in the United States Disasters, as the word suggests, is a phenomenon that actually tends to spell a doom on the regular routine of an entire society and depending upon its size and effects it can even cause a change in the working process of an entire country. Basically, when something big happens that we cannot stop or cannot change is known as a disaster. Every year, millions of people are affected by the natural disasters and man-made disasters (Georgian Med News, 2011). In this paper, we will discuss about a natural disaster that took place in the United States and the studies in Disasters preparedness.…

    • 2096 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Topic Suggestion #1: Natural Disasters and How to get Ready for It Analysis: Self: I often worry about natural disasters because I live right on the San Andrea’s Fault. Also, when I see the world news, I always hear that many people died because of natural disasters.…

    • 767 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    On planet earth, calamities that have devastating effects have occurred over the years with some natural being and others happening as a result of human interference. Disasters are always undesirable in any part of the world and bring about significant losses in life and property. Among the most severe calamities in the world since the old ages, earthquakes stand out as one of the most severe disasters. Earthquakes are calamities that cause a massive loss of life and property any time they occur. They are caused by diverse circumstances, and they have numerous effects on the people living in the area that they occur.…

    • 836 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays