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Zen and Japanese Culture Richard M. Jaffe

Zen and Japanese Culture By Richard M. Jaffe

Zen and Japanese Culture by Richard M. Jaffe


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Zen and Japanese Culture Summary

Zen and Japanese Culture by Richard M. Jaffe

Zen and Japanese Culture is a classic that has influenced generations of readers and played a major role in shaping conceptions of Zen's influence on Japanese traditional arts. In simple and poetic language, Daisetz Suzuki describes Zen and its historical evolution. He connects Zen to the philosophy of the samurai, and subtly portrays the relationship between Zen and swordsmanship, haiku, tea ceremonies, and the Japanese love of nature. Suzuki uses anecdotes, poetry, and illustrations of silk screens, calligraphy, and architecture. The book features an introduction by Richard Jaffe that acquaints readers with Suzuki's life and career and analyzes the book's reception in light of contemporary criticism, especially by scholars of Japanese Buddhism. Zen and Japanese Culture is a valuable source for those wishing to understand Zen in the context of Japanese life and art, and remains one of the leading works on the subject.

Zen and Japanese Culture Reviews

As one turns the pages of this delightful book, one seems to catch intimations of how and why certain aspects of the 'spirit of Zen' are making themselves felt in America today.
-New York Times


[In] Dr. Suzuki's beautiful book . . . the cults of tea, sword, archery, garden, painting, handwriting are shown as separate petals of that precious efflorescence which, in spite of history, madness and the disturbed surface of the tangible world, are celebrated today, inside and outside of many golden pavilions.
-The Nation


This is one of those books you read to the last page without ever finishing; you keep going back for more-and finding it. . . . Zen and Japanese Culture covers familiar territory in unfamiliar ways.
-Japan Times

About Richard M. Jaffe

Daisetz T. Suzuki (1870-1966) was Japan's foremost authority on Zen Buddhism and the author of more than one hundred books on the subject. Richard M. Jaffe is associate professor of religious studies at Duke University.

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GOR010127080
9780691182964
0691182965
Zen and Japanese Culture by Richard M. Jaffe
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Princeton University Press
2019-02-12
608
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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