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Secrecy in Japanese Arts: "Secret Transmission" as a Mode of Knowledge / by M. Morinaga.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Isaka, Maki.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature.
- Ethnology--Asia.
- Ethnology.
- Culture.
- Arts.
- Performing arts.
- Theater.
- World Literature.
- Asian Culture.
- Theatre and Performance Arts.
- Regional Cultural Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- World Literature.
- Asian Culture.
- Arts.
- Theatre and Performance Arts.
- Regional Cultural Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 197 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2005.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Exploring the Japanese tradition of hidden (or the secret transmission of) knowledge within a closed and often hereditary group, the author investigates how esoteric practices function, how people make meaning of their practices, and how this form of esotericism survived into the modern age. These questions are examined through the use of esoteric texts from the 15th to 18th centuries and theatrical treatises from the late 19th century onwards.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: Quest for Esotericism; 2 Operation of Esotericism; 3 Transmission, the Creation of Knowledge; 4 Secrecy, Concealing the Revealing; 5 Esotericism and Modernity; 6 Epilogue: Esotericism for Us; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-192) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611365318
- 9781281365316
- 1281365319
- 9781403981783
- 1403981787
- OCLC:
- 808628288
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