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In the years after World War II, Westerners and Japanese alike elevated Zen to the quintessence of spirituality in Japan. Pursuing the sources of Zen as a Japanese ideal, this title uncovers the role of two cultural touchstones: Eugen Herrigel's "Zen in the Art of Archery" and the Ryoanji dry-landscape rock garden.

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"A powerful critique of the process through which Zen was imported into Western cultures....This is a worthy addition to the literature." (Choice)"

Shots in the Dark Japan Zen and the West Buddhism

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    A Paperback / softback by Shoji Yamada, Earl Hartman

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 29/11/2011
      ISBN13: 9780226947655, 978-0226947655
      ISBN10: 0226947653
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      Book Synopsis
      In the years after World War II, Westerners and Japanese alike elevated Zen to the quintessence of spirituality in Japan. Pursuing the sources of Zen as a Japanese ideal, this title uncovers the role of two cultural touchstones: Eugen Herrigel's "Zen in the Art of Archery" and the Ryoanji dry-landscape rock garden.

      Trade Review
      "A powerful critique of the process through which Zen was imported into Western cultures....This is a worthy addition to the literature." (Choice)"

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