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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100375705090
ISBN-139780375705090
eBay Product ID (ePID)1189701
Product Key Features
Book TitleZen in the Art of Archery
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicArchery, Buddhism / Zen (See Also Philosophy / Zen), Spiritualism
Publication Year1999
GenreBody, Mind & Spirit, Religion, Sports & Recreation
AuthorEugen Herrigel
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight3.4 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN89-005319
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"In this wonderful . . . and illuminating account . . . the Western reader will find a more familiar manner of dealing with what very often must seem to be a strange and somewhat unapproachable Eastern experience." --from the introduction by Daisetz T. Suzuki
Dewey Decimal294.32
SynopsisA classic work on Eastern philosophy, Zen in the Art of Archery is a charming and deeply illuminating story of one man's experience with Zen. Eugen Herrigel, a German professor of Philosophy in Tokyo, took up the study of archery as a step toward an understanding of Zen Buddhism. This book is the account of the six years he spent as a student of one of Japan's great kyudo (archery) masters, and of how he gradually overcame his initial inhibitions and began to feel his way toward new truths and ways of seeing., A classic work on Eastern philosophy, and a charming, deeply illuminating story of one man's experience with Zen. Eugen Herrigel, a German professor of Philosophy in Tokyo, took up the study of archery as a step toward an understanding of Zen Buddhism. This book is the account of the six years he spent as a student of one of Japan's great kyudo (archery) masters, and of how he gradually overcame his initial inhibitions and began to feel his way toward new truths and ways of seeing.