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2009
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English
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Archery, Religious aspects of Archery, Civilization, Western, Zen Buddhism, Influence, Religious aspects, Criticism and interpretation, Japanese influences, Rock gardens, Japanese, Study and teaching, Western Civilization, Religious aspects of Japanese rock gardens, Japanese Rock gardens, Bogenschießen, 11.93 Buddhism, Ryōanji, Zen-Buddhismus, Sport, Zen in der Kunst des Bogenschiessens (Herrigel, Eugen), Zen buddhism, Civilization, western, history, Rock gardens, Japan, civilizationPeople
Eugen Herrigel (1884-1955)Times
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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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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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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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Book Details
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.
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