A Tractate on Japanese Aesthetics

Donald Richie

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Stone Bridge Press
19 July 2007

Theory of art; Philosophy: aesthetics

"Sure to be a classic, Donald Richie's concise, profound insights into the mysteries of Japanese Aesthetics.

This provocative book is a tractate-a treatise-on beauty in Japanese art, written in the manner of a zuihitsu, a free-ranging assortment of ideas that ""follow the brush"" wherever it leads. Donald Richie looks at how perceptual values in Japan were drawn from raw nature and then modified by elegant expressions of class and taste. He explains aesthetic concepts like wabi, sabi, aware, and yugen, and ponders their relevance in art and cinema today.

Donald Richie is the foremost explorer of Japanese culture in English, and this work is the culmination of sixty years of observing and writing from his home in Tokyo."

By: Donald Richie
Imprint: Stone Bridge Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 172mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 85g
ISBN: 9781933330235
ISBN 10: 1933330236
Pages: 80
Publication Date: 19 July 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Donald Richie has been writing about Japan for over 50 years from his base in Tokyo and is the author of over 40 books and hundreds of essays and reviews. He is widely admired for his incisive film studies on Ozu and Kurosawa, and for his stylish and incisive observations on Japanese culture.

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A Tractate on Japanese Aesthetics

Donald Richie

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