Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1282?
- Died
- 1350
- Works
- 36
Top works
- Prentice Hall Literature--World Masterpieces
- 徒然草／
- 徒然草
- つれづれ草
- Kenkō Hōshi kashū
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Geant4—a simulation toolkit
· 2003 · cited 20,850x
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,723x
- Geant4 developments and applications
· 2006 · cited 5,766x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,391x
- Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000–14 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual records for 37 513 025 patients diagnosed with one of 18 cancers from 322 population-based registries in 71 countries
· 2018 · cited 4,186x
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Key facts
- Born
- c. 1283, Japan
- Died
- 1350 (aged 66–67), Japan
- Occupation
- Buddhist monk , writer, artist
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Period
- Muromachi period , Kamakura period
- Notable works
- Essays in Idleness
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1283
- Died
- 1 January 1350
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Article
Urabe Kenkō (卜部 兼好; 1283–1350), also known as Yoshida Kenkō (吉田 兼好; Japanese pronunciation: [jo.ɕi.da (|) keꜜŋ.koː]), or simply Kenkō (兼好; [keꜜŋ.koː]), was a Japanese author and Buddhist monk. His most famous work is Tsurezuregusa (Essays in Idleness), one of the most studied works of medieval Japanese literature. Kenko wrote during the early Muromachi and late Kamakura periods.
Life and work