03243nam 22009015 450 991095710060332120251116190539.09786611365318978128136531612813653199781403981783140398178710.1057/9781403981783(CKB)1000000000342872(EBL)308131(OCoLC)808628288(SSID)ssj0000242905(PQKBManifestationID)11186503(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000242905(PQKBWorkID)10310962(PQKB)10127308(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8178-3(MiAaPQ)EBC308131(Au-PeEL)EBL308131(CaPaEBR)ebr10135589(CaONFJC)MIL136531(Perlego)3496558(EXLCZ)99100000000034287220151109d2005 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSecrecy in Japanese Arts: "Secret Transmission" as a Mode of Knowledge /by M. Morinaga1st ed. 2005.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2005.1 online resource (x, 197 pages)9781349528912 1349528919 9781403965509 1403965501 Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-192) and index.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; IndexExploring 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.LiteratureEthnologyAsiaCultureArtsPerforming artsTheaterEthnologyWorld LiteratureAsian CultureArtsTheatre and Performance ArtsRegional Cultural StudiesLiterature.EthnologyCulture.Arts.Performing arts.Theater.Ethnology.World Literature.Asian Culture.Arts.Theatre and Performance Arts.Regional Cultural Studies.700/.952Isaka Maki1871949MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957100603321Secrecy in Japanese Arts: "Secret Transmission" as a Mode of Knowledge4480977UNINA