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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957100603321

Autore

Isaka Maki

Titolo

Secrecy in Japanese Arts: "Secret Transmission" as a Mode of Knowledge / / by M. Morinaga

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2005

ISBN

9786611365318

9781281365316

1281365319

9781403981783

1403981787

Edizione

[1st ed. 2005.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (x, 197 pages)

Disciplina

700/.952

Soggetti

Literature

Ethnology - Asia

Culture

Arts

Performing arts

Theater

Ethnology

World Literature

Asian Culture

Theatre and Performance Arts

Regional Cultural Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

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.