Flower petals fall, but the flower endures : the Japanese philosophy of transience /

Flower petals fall, but the flower endures : the Japanese philosophy of transience / Seiichi Takeuchi ; translated by Michael Brase.

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"Life is short and transient--Japanese people call this sentiment mujokan. However, what if we could sweep away the "despair" looming over the present age by proactively accepting this mujo (transience)? Perusing the thought of mujo from the perspectives of philosophy, literature, art...

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Main Author: Takeuchi, Seiichi, 1946-2023 (Author)
Other Authors: Brase, Michael (Translator)
Other title:Hanabira wa chiru hana wa chiranai. English
花びらは散る花は散らない. English.
Japanese title on colophon: Hanabira wa chiru hana wa chiranai : mujō no Nihon shisō
Japanese title on colophon: 花びらは散る花は散らない : 無常の日本思想
Format: Book
Language:English
Japanese
Published: Tokyo, Japan : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2015.
Edition:Eibunban.
Series:Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
Subjects:
Philosophy, Japanese.
Impermanence (Buddhism) in literature.
Japanese literature > History and criticism.
Civilization > Philosophy.
Japanese literature.
Japan > Civilization > Philosophy.
Japan.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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