An Artless Art - The Zen Aesthetic of Shiga Naoya: A Critical Study with Selected Translations

An Artless Art - The Zen Aesthetic of Shiga Naoya

A Critical Study with Selected Translations

By Roy Starrs

Price: $170.00

ISBN: 978-1-873410-64-6
Binding: Hardback
Published by: Routledge
Publication Date: 25th February 1998
Pages: 240

About the Book

Shiga Naoya was a giant of Japanese literature but he is barely known outside Japan. This book is the first study of Shiga to explore in depth his affinities - both aesthetic and philosophic - with the long tradition of Zen art.