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Author: Maya Mortimer
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2000-01-01
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9789004116559
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCasting new light on the literary Shirakaba movement and on its charismatic leader Mushanokoji Saneatsu, this thorough study for the first time reveals Shirakaba as a highly significant episode in the cultural history of 20th century Japan.
Author: Maya Mortimer
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9789004482951
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe early twentieth century Shirakaba ('White Birch') movement's later involvement with prewar Japanese nationalism has hitherto caused especially Western scholars to neglect its major significance. Shirikaba was created by graduates of the aristocratic Gakushuin ('Peers' School') in reaction against the dominant naturalism of contemporary Japanese literature. Though at first seeking ideological and cultural models in Europe, Shirakaba writers soon developed an increasing sense of their own Japaneseness . The first part of this volume chronicles the birth of this literary movement and of its important magazine under the charismatic leadership of Mushanokoji Saneatsu. In the second part the author illuminates the ethos of the movement by analysing the figure of the Sensei (Master) in key Shirakaba texts by Mushanokoji Saneatsu, Nagayo Yoshiro and Kurata Hyakuzo. This volume definitely breaks new ground by seeing the movement as one of the significant episodes in the cultural history of Japan.
Author: Yoshie Sugihara
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 218
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert Aitken
Publisher: Catapult
Published: 1997-06-01
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 1887178414
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this collection of twenty-three essays, Robert Aitken retraces the origins of American Zen Buddhism and provides readings of influential texts. Reflecting on death, on marriage, and on Zen practice, Aitken always points out the path to pleasure in the everyday dewdrop world. There is a fine art to presenting complex ideas with simplicity and insight in a manner that both shepherds and inspires. Robert Aitken's Original Dwelling Place: Zen Buddhist Essays succeeds in doing just this, offering twenty-three essays from Americas senior Zen roshi and author of the bestselling, groundbreaking primer Taking the Path of Zen. Just as Taking the Path of Zen is the definitive handbook for Zen practice, the essays gathered in Original Dwelling Place are essential for the light they shed on Aitken Roshi's own journey and the effect he has had on American Zen Buddhism. Gathered here are essays about the Zen texts Aitken has studied with avidity and close attention throughout the years; texts that were early and lasting influences.
Author: Roy Suenaka
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 1997-11-15
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1462916570
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMaster the techniques of aikido with this illustrated martial arts guide. Complete Aikido is the authoritative text on this enlightening martial art and self-defense system. This definitive aikido guide is packed with history and philosophy and offers precise descriptions with over 400 photographs illustrating the correct--and incorrect--way to execute aikido techniques. In the almost thirty years since the death of aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba O'Sensei, his many students have spread his philosophy and vision across the world, including author Roy Suenaka. Complete Aikido provides insights into the three leading styles of this Japanese martial art: the original art developed by founder Morihei Ueshiba O'Sensei, the Shin-Shin Toitsu aikido of Koichi Tohei Sensei, and the Suenaka-ha Tetsugaku-ho aikido of Roy Suenaka Sensei. Both a fascinating martial biography and a comprehensive instructional manual, this aikido book is a must for all practitioners seeking the way of harmony.
Author: C. Michial Jones
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2011-08
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 1257954873
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book draws extensively upon the author's personal experiences, training, research and discussions with some of the world's most prominent masters. This work contains the entire text Entering Through the Gateway of Gojuryu along with 53 additional pages that are directly aimed at the students of the Yushikan dojo to assist them in their journey along the path of Gojuryu, however, it may be used as a guide by other's interested in Okinawan Gojuryu Karate-do. Forewords by Phillip Koeppel, R. Choji Taiani, Col. Roy Hobbs, Dennis May and Len Pellman
Author: Peter B. Clarke
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-18
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 1134241380
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn excellent and very timely update on an area seeing many recent developments.
Author: Jim Bouchard
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2015-04-06
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781511574143
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn intimate portrait of the human side of leadership, The Sensei Leader is about discovering the leader in each of us, in all of us--regardless of title, rank or position. The Sensei Leader is based on the author's transformation from loser to leader; from drug abuser and dropout to Black Belt and Sensei. This is not, however, an autobiography. Rather, the author draws on his experiences and his extensive study of philosophy and martial arts to craft a highly personal portrait of an effective leader. The Sensei Leader provides a practical guide to the essential characteristics of the true leader with particular emphasis on Courage, Compassion and Wisdom. The book also highlights 8 Strategies and 5 Tactics every leader can use to be more effective.
Author: Sam Bamkin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2024-03-15
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 1003829074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing on the case of moral education reform, this book provides an authoritative picture of how policy is enacted between state policymaking and school practice in Japan, focusing on how national policy is enacted locally in the classroom. The study follows the 2015 moral education reform from its genesis in central government, through the Ministry of Education to its enactment by local government and schools. The book looks beyond written policies, curricula and textbooks to examine how teachers, school administrators and others make sense of, and translate, policy into practice in the Japanese classroom context. Chapters explore how moral education practice has changed in response to the intentions of national policy, and analyzes the implications for understanding processes of policy enactment in the Japanese education system. This book presents a new perspective on the complexity of education policy making, practice, and the gaps in between. It will be of interest to postgraduate students, researchers, and academics in the fields of education policy and politics, moral education, school administration, and international and comparative education more broadly, particularly in Asia.
Author: 忠明·黒住
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780742503427
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese stories about Kurozumi Munetada (1780-1850) show us a spirituality for everyday living. He was a Japanese priest, poet and healer who looked to the needs of all humankind. We see in them Shinto affirmation of life, for he was a healer of both spirit and body. He was a teacher, showing people of all walks of life the Confucian emphasis on sincerity as the principle of true life. The key to both sincerity and health is overcoming egoistic attachment, a basic teaching of the Buddhist side of Japanese culture. Making it all possible is devotion to Amaterasu the Kami of the sun, who entered his life in a moment of ecstatic unity and who may be realized in each moment of anyone's life as the source of happiness and vigor. His ability to show how that is so drew thousands to his side in his lifetime, sparking a movement that continues to this day in the Kurozumikyo Shinto denomination.
