Shots in the dark : Japan, Zen, and the West /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the Japanese. |
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Chicago : Kyoto :
The University of Chicago Press ; International Research Center for Japanese Studies,
2009.
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| Series: | Buddhism and modernity.
Nichibunken monograph series ; no. 9. |
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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.