An Artless Art - The Zen Aesthetic of Shiga Naoya: A Critical Study with Selected TranslationsShiga Naoya was a giant of Japanese literature but he is barely known outside Japan. This book is the first study of Shiga to explore in depth his affinities - both aesthetic and philosophic - with the long tradition of Zen art. |
Contents
| 5 | |
The Natural Way of Death | 35 |
A Fire in the Heart | 62 |
An Artless Art a Selfless Self | 84 |
At Kinosaki | 121 |
Manazuru | 139 |
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