Evanescence and Form: An Introduction to Japanese Culture

by Charles Shiro Inouye

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This book explores the Japanese notion of hakanasa - the evanescence of all things. Responses to this idea have been various and even contradictory: asceticism, fatalism, conformism, hedonism, materialism, and careerism. This book examines the ties between an epistemology of constant change and Japan's formal emphasis on etiquette and visuality.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1403967067

ISBN13:9781403967060

Release Date:October 2008

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:260 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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