Zen in Japanese Art-A Way of Spiritual Experience [Book Review]

Review of Metaphysics 16 (4):801-801 (1963)
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Abstract

The essence of Japanese art lies in the peculiar character of the people and the influence of "life-affirming" Zen. Painting, poetry, and even the tea ceremony are "ways" to the Absolute Nothing. The aesthetic qualities of Japanese art are "limitlessness," "unfinishedness," and naturalness.--A. B.

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