Secrecy in Japanese Arts: "Secret Transmission" as a Mode of Knowledge /

Exploring the Japanese tradition of hidden (or the secret transmission of) knowledge within a closed and often hereditary group, the author investigates how esoteric practices function, how people make meaning of their practices, and how this form of esotericism survived into the modern age. These q...

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Main Author:	Isaka, Maki (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:	Literature. Arts. Asian Culture. Performing Arts. Postcolonial/World Literature. Regional and Cultural Studies. Theatre and Performance Studies. Culture > Study and teaching. Ethnology > Asia. Performing arts. Theater. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Exploring the Japanese tradition of hidden (or the secret transmission of) knowledge within a closed and often hereditary group, the author investigates how esoteric practices function, how people make meaning of their practices, and how this form of esotericism survived into the modern age. These questions are examined through the use of esoteric texts from the 15th to 18th centuries and theatrical treatises from the late 19th century onwards.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (X, 197 pages)
ISBN:	9781403981783
DOI:	10.1057/9781403981783