Evanescence and Form
An Introduction to Japanese Culture| By: | C. Inouye |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Print ISBN: | 9781403967053 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780230615489 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2008 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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This book explores the Japanese notion of hakanasa - the evanescence of all things. Responses to this idea have been various and even contradictory: asceticism, fatalism, conformism, hedonism, materialism, and careerism. This book examines the ties between an epistemology of constant change and Japan's formal emphasis on etiquette and visuality.