See Also: Kamo Chomei(encyclopedia)

Honiton (iou) and Kamo Chomei (sh)


Honiton (iou)



Honiton adjective. M19.
[A town in Devon.]
Designating or pertaining to a type of lace orig. made in Honiton consisting of floral sprigs hand sewn on to fine net or joined by bars of Other lacework.

Kamo Chomei (sh)




born 1155, Japan
died July 24, 1216, Kyoto

Japanese poet and critic.

He is best known for An Account of My Hut (1212), a poetic diary describing his life in seclusion written after he left a court office to take Buddhist orders and become a hermit. His poetry is representative of the best of an age that produced many poets of the first rank. His Nameless Notes (1208/09) is an extremely valuable collection of critical comments, anecdotes, and poetic lore.