ISBN-13: 9780824829667 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 286 str.
ISBN-13: 9780824829667 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 286 str.
This collection comprises fifteen essays and three translations in subject areas that converge and overlap: Japanese literature, language study, philosophy, and Japans relations with the West. The confluence of philosophy and religion broadens the discourse on tariki in Shinrans teachings, its connection with Christianity and the philosophy of Tanabe Hajime. Also discussed are Nishida Kitarō and Watsuji Tetsurō. The confluence of literature and philosophy is explored in two novels by Natsume Sōseki and in a short story by Nakajima Atsushi. Emergence of modernity is examined in Higuchi Ichiyōs narrative, Hagiwara Sakutarōs poetry, and Edo-period pronoun use. Also examined are Kawabatas aesthetics and Ōe's career. Japans relations with the West are pondered in its banking system, William Faulkners visit, and Japanese loanwords in Brazil. Three translations presented are a Sōseki novella, an otogizōshi medieval tale, and a lecture by philosopher Nishitani Keiji. The synthesis of literature and philosophy in Viglielmos writings rounds up the collection. Contributors: Setsuko Aihara, Nobuko Pugarelli Aoshima, Alfred Bloom, David A. Dilworth, Robert Epp, Kyle Ikeda, Frederick Kavanagh, Edgar C. Knowlton, Johannes Laube, Gladys Nakahara, Nakayama Etsuko, Nobuko Ochner, Steve Odin, Graham Parkes, Katsue Akiba Reynolds, William Ridgeway, Edward Seidensticker, Harue Summersgill, Travis Summersgill.