Zen and Japanese Culture / / Daisetz T. Suzuki.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English
• VerfasserIn: Suzuki, Daisetz T.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Jaffe, Richard M.
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology : 57 ; 124
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (608 p.)

Zen and Japanese Culture is a classic that has influenced generations of readers and played a major role in shaping conceptions of Zen’s influence on Japanese traditional arts. In simple and poetic language, Daisetz Suzuki describes Zen and its historical evolution. He connects Zen to the philosophy of the samurai, and subtly portrays the relationship between Zen and swordsmanship, haiku, tea ceremonies, and the Japanese love of nature. Suzuki uses anecdotes, poetry, and illustrations of silk screens, calligraphy, and architecture. The book features an introduction by Richard Jaffe that acquaints readers with Suzuki’s life and career and analyzes the book’s reception in light of contemporary criticism, especially by scholars of Japanese Buddhism. Zen and Japanese Culture is a valuable source for those wishing to understand Zen in the context of Japanese life and art, and remains one of the leading works on the subject.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- Preface -- List of Plates -- Chronology -- I. What Is Zen? -- II. General Remarks on Japanese Art Culture -- III. Zen and the Study of Confucianism -- IV. Zen and the Samurai -- V. Zen and Swordsmanship I -- VI. Zen and Swordsmanship II -- VII. Zen and Haiku -- VIII. Zen and the Art of Tea I -- IX. Zen and the Art of Tea II -- X. Rikyū and Other Teamen -- XI. Love of Nature -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index