02994oam 2200673I 450 991082418960332120240131144117.01-136-85558-01-136-85551-31-315-02891-310.4324/9781315028910 (CKB)3710000000056246(EBL)1542734(OCoLC)862613885(SSID)ssj0001175930(PQKBManifestationID)11772599(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001175930(PQKBWorkID)11122442(PQKB)10839254(MiAaPQ)EBC1542734(Au-PeEL)EBL1542734(CaPaEBR)ebr10799202(CaONFJC)MIL761535(OCoLC)958103963(OCoLC)868979036(FINmELB)ELB137761(EXLCZ)99371000000005624620180706d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe zen arts an anthropological study of the culture of aesthetic form in Japan /Rupert A. CoxOxon [England] ;New York :RoutledgeCurzon :Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland,2003.1 online resource (297 p.)Royal Asiatic Society booksRoyal Asiatic Society booksDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-40602-1 0-7007-1475-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Table of Contents ; List of Plates ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1. Orientalism ; 2. A World Apart ; 3. The Word and the Body in Practice ; 4. Mimesis and Visuality ; 5. Structuring Relations ; 6. Distinguishing Persons ; 7. Culture as Aesthetic Value ; 8. Cracking Culture ; Notes ; Bibliography ; IndexThe tea ceremony and the martial arts are intimately linked in the popular and historical imagination with Zen Buddhism, and Japanese culture. They are commonly interpreted as religio-aesthetic pursuits which express core spiritual values through bodily gesture and the creation of highly valued objects. Ideally, the experience of practising the Zen arts culminates in enlightenment.<BR>This book challenges that long-held view and proposes that the Zen arts should be understood as part of a literary and visual history of representing Japanese culture through the arts. Cox argues that these textsRoyal Asiatic Society BooksZen artsJapanAesthetics, JapaneseJapanCivilizationZen influencesZen artsAesthetics, Japanese.704.948943927091864Cox Rupert A.1650616MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824189603321The zen arts4000068UNINA