An edition of Zen to iu na no Nihon Maru (2009)

Shots in the dark

Japan, Zen, and the West

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An edition of Zen to iu na no Nihon Maru (2009)

Shots in the dark

Japan, Zen, and the West

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Shots in the dark: Japan, Zen, and the West
2009, The University of Chicago Press, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
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Cover of: Shots in the dark
Shots in the dark: Japan, Zen, and the West
2009, The University of Chicago Press, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
in English
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Shots in the dark: Japan, Zen, and the West
2009, The University of Chicago Press, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
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Table of Contents

Between the real and the fake
The kitschy world of "Zen in/and the art of . . ."
The rock garden in New York
The moving borderline
The mystery of Zen in the Art of Archery
The beginning of the story
Spiritual archery and Herrigel's meeting with its teacher
Becoming a disciple
Breathing
The release
Purposefulness and purposelessness
The target in the dark
The riddle of "It"
Dissecting the myth
The spread of Zen in the Art of Archery
The moment the myth was born
What is Japanese archery?
The great doctrine of the way of shooting
What Herrigel studied
The erased history
The blank slate
Herrigel's early years
The Japanese in Heidelberg
Homecoming and the Nazis
From the end of the war to retirement
Are rock gardens really pretty?
From the "tiger cubs crossing the river" to the "higher self"
The neglected rock garden
The rock garden in textbooks
Unsightly stones and a weeping cherry tree
Shiga Naoya and Murō Saisei
Are rock gardens pretty?
Popularization and the expression of Zen
Proof of beauty
Looking at the mirror's reflection
Another Japan experience
Bruno Taut and Ryōanji
The people who introduced Zen and Ryōanji to the West
Isamu Noguchi
How Zen in the Art of Archery and Ryōanji were received
Does Zen stink?
Kyūdō, Zen, and the Olympics
I knew it! it's Zen!
Postscript
Translator's afterword
Appendix: Herrigel's "defense"
Kanji for personal names
Kanji for Japanese terms.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Chicago, London, Kyoto
Series
Nichibunken monograph series -- no. 10, Nichibunken monograph series -- no. 10.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
799.3/2
Library of Congress
GV1188.J3 Y3313 2009

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Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22795322M
ISBN 10
0226947645
ISBN 13
9780226947648
LCCN
2008042071
Goodreads
6294751

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