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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451101503321

Autore

Morinaga Maki Isaka

Titolo

Secrecy in Japanese arts [[electronic resource] ] : "secret transmission" as a mode of knowledge / / Maki Isaka Morinaga

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

ISBN

1-281-36531-9

9786611365318

1-4039-8178-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Disciplina

700/.952

Soggetti

Arts, Japanese

Teacher-student relationships - Japan

Performing arts - Japan

Martial arts - Japan

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-192) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: Quest for Esotericism; 2 Operation of Esotericism; 3 Transmission, the Creation of Knowledge; 4 Secrecy, Concealing the Revealing; 5 Esotericism and Modernity; 6 Epilogue: Esotericism for Us; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.