Flower petals fall, but the flower endures : the Japanese philosophy of transience / Seiichi Takeuchi ; translated by Michael Brase.
"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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| 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 |
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Tokyo, Japan :
Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture,
2015.
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| Edition: | Eibunban. |
| Series: | Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
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| Summary: | "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 and religion, Takeuchi delves into the view of life and death unique to the Japanese people who have shared "grief" and "pain" with each other, as well as into the very core of their underlying spirit."--Publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: | Edition statement from colophon. Originally published in Japanese: Hanabira wa chiru hana wa chiranai : mujō no Nihon shisō (Tōkyō : Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan, ©2011) |
| Physical Description: | 205 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-205) |
| ISBN: | 9784916055484 4916055489 |