The Zen Arts :: an Anthropological Study of the Culture of Aesthetic Form in Japan.

The tea ceremony and the martial arts are intimately linked in the popular and historical imagination with Zen Buddhism, and Japanese culture. They are commonly interpreted as religio-aesthetic pursuits which express core spiritual values through bodily gesture and the creation of highly valued obje...

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Main Author: Cox, Rupert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Series:Royal Asiatic Society books.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:The tea ceremony and the martial arts are intimately linked in the popular and historical imagination with Zen Buddhism, and Japanese culture. They are commonly interpreted as religio-aesthetic pursuits which express core spiritual values through bodily gesture and the creation of highly valued objects. Ideally, the experience of practising the Zen arts culminates in enlightenment. This book challenges that long-held view and proposes that the Zen arts should be understood as part of a literary and visual history of representing Japanese culture through the arts. Cox argues that these texts and.
Physical Description:1 online resource (297 pages)
ISBN:9781136855511
1136855513

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