by Charles Shiro Inouye (Author)
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: Illustrated
Pages: 276
Edition: 2008
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 15 Sep 2008
ISBN 10: 1403967067
ISBN 13: 9781403967060