LEADER 02929oam 2200649I 450 001 9910464397203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-85551-3 010 $a1-315-02891-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315028910 035 $a(CKB)3710000000056246 035 $a(EBL)1542734 035 $a(OCoLC)862613885 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001175930 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11772599 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001175930 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11122442 035 $a(PQKB)10839254 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1542734 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1542734 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10799202 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL761535 035 $a(OCoLC)958103963 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000056246 100 $a20180706d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe zen arts $ean anthropological study of the culture of aesthetic form in Japan /$fRupert A. Cox 210 1$aOxon [England] ;$aNew York :$cRoutledgeCurzon :$cRoyal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 225 1 $aRoyal Asiatic Society books 225 0$aRoyal Asiatic Society books 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-40602-1 311 $a0-7007-1475-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover ; 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 ; Index 330 $aThe tea ceremony and the martial arts are intimately linked in the popular and historical imagination with Zen Buddhism, and Japanese culture. They are commonly interpreted as religio-aesthetic pursuits which express core spiritual values through bodily gesture and the creation of highly valued objects. Ideally, the experience of practising the Zen arts culminates in enlightenment.
This book challenges that long-held view and proposes that the Zen arts should be understood as part of a literary and visual history of representing Japanese culture through the arts. Cox argues that these texts 410 0$aRoyal Asiatic Society Books 606 $aZen arts$zJapan 606 $aAesthetics, Japanese 607 $aJapan$xCivilization$xZen influences 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aZen arts 615 0$aAesthetics, Japanese. 676 $a704.948943927091864 700 $aCox$b Rupert A.$0980376 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464397203321 996 $aThe zen arts$92236772 997 $aUNINA