An Artless Art - The Zen Aesthetic of Shiga Naoya
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An Artless Art - The Zen Aesthetic of Shiga Naoya

A Critical Study with Selected Translations

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

An Artless Art - The Zen Aesthetic of Shiga Naoya

A Critical Study with Selected Translations

About this book

Shiga Naoya was a giant of Japanese literature but he is barely known outside Japan. This book is the first study of Shiga to explore in depth his affinities - both aesthetic and philosophic - with the long tradition of Zen art.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781873410646
eBook ISBN
9781134247332

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Part One An Artless Art: The Zen Aesthetic of Shiga Naoya
  6. Introduction: The Importance of Shiga Naoya
  7. 1 The Logic of Everyday Life
  8. 2 The Natural Way of Death
  9. 3 A Fire in the Heart
  10. 4 An Artless Art, a Selfless Self
  11. Part Two Selected Translations
  12. At Kinosaki
  13. Bonfire
  14. Manazuru
  15. Akanishi Kakita
  16. The Diary of Claudius
  17. Reconciliation
  18. Notes to Part One
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index