| Secrecy in Japanese Arts: Secret Transmission as a Mode of Knowledge 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Morinaga, M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403965501 ISBN-13: 9781403965509 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2005 Annotation: This book explores the Japanese tradition of 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. The first two questions are examined by using esoteric texts from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries. The last looks at theatrical treatises from the late nineteenth century on. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Conceptual |
| Dewey: 700.952 |
| LCCN: 2004060048 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.36" W x 9.52" (0.97 lbs) 197 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
