Modern Japanese Aesthetics is the first work in English on the history of the Japanese philosophy of art, from its inception in the 1870s to the present. In add

This collection of essays constitutes the first history of modern Japanese aesthetics in any language. It introduces readers through lucid and readable translat

This is an insightful and intelligent re-thinking of Japanese art history & its Western influences. This broad-ranging and profoundly influential analysis descr

Sure to be a classic, Donald Richie's concise, profound insights into the mysteries of Japanese

This collection begins with an engaging historical overview of Japanese aesthetics and offers contemporary multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives