Shots in the Dark : Japan, Zen, and the West /: Japan, Zen, and the West. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Zen to iu na no Nihon Maru.
• Further Information: Note: Shoji Yamada ; translated by Earl Hartman.
• Authors: Yamada, Shōji, 1963-
• Other Names: Hartman, Earl translator.
• Contents: Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the American Edition -- Introduction -- 1. Between the Real and the Fake -- The Kitschy World of "Zen in/and the Art of . . ." -- The Rock Garden in New York -- 2. The Mystery of Zen in the Art of Archery -- The Beginning of the Story -- Spiritual Archery and Herrigel's Meeting with Its Teacher -- Becoming a Disciple -- Breathing -- The Release -- Purposefulness and Purposelessness -- The Target in the Dark -- The Riddle of "It" -- 3. Dissecting the Myth -- The Spread of Zen in the Art of Archery -- The Moment the Myth Was Born -- What Is Japanese Archery? The Great Doctrine of the Way of Shooting -- What Herrigel Studied -- 4. The Erased History -- The Blank Slate -- Herrigel's Early Years -- The Japanese in Heidelberg -- Homecoming and the Nazis -- From the End of the War to Retirement -- 5. Are Rock Gardens Really Pretty? -- From the "Tiger Cubs Crossing the River" to the "Higher Self" -- The Neglected Rock Garden -- The Rock Garden in Textbooks -- Unsightly Stones and a Weeping Cherry Tree -- Shiga Naoya and Muro ̄Saisei -- Are Rock Gardens Pretty? -- Popularization and the Expression of Zen -- Proof of Beauty 6. Looking at the Mirror's Refl ection -- Another Japan Experience -- Bruno Taut and Ryoanji -- The People Who Introduced Zen and Ryoanji to the West -- Isamu Noguchi -- How Zen in the Art of Archery and Ryoanji Were Received -- Does Zen Stink? -- Kyudo, Zen, and the Olympics -- I Knew It! It's Zen! -- Postscript -- Translator's Afterword -- Appendix: Herrigel's Defense -- Kanji for Personal Names -- Kanji for Japanese Terms -- Bibliography -- Index
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press International Research Center for Japanese Studies
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 799.3/2; Zen Buddhism -- Study and teaching -- Europe; Civilization, Western -- 20th century -- Japanese influences; Archery -- Japan -- Religious aspects; Rock gardens, Japanese -- Religious aspects; Zen Buddhism -- Study and teaching; Ryōanji Teien (Kyoto, Japan); Europe; Japan; Japan -- Kyoto -- Ryōanji Teien; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226784243
• Related ISBNs: 022678424X
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 22, 2020).
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