Shots in the dark Japan, Zen, and the West - Yamada, Shoji 1963-; Kokusai Nihon Bunka Kenkyu Senta (Chicago The University of Chicago Press, 2009)
Between the real and the fake -- The kitschy world of "Zen in/and the art of . . ." -- The rock garden in New York -- The moving borderline -- The mystery of Zen in the Art of Archery -- The beginning of the story -- Spiritual archery and Herrigel's meeting with its teacher -- Becoming a disciple -- Breathing -- The release -- Purposefulness and purposelessness -- The target in the dark -- The riddle of "It" -- Dissecting the myth -- The spread of Zen in the Art of Archery -- The moment the myth was born -- What is Japanese archery? -- The great doctrine of the way of shooting -- What Herrigel studied -- The erased history -- The blank slate -- Herrigel's early years -- The Japanese in Heidelberg -- Homecoming and the Nazis -- From the end of the war to retirement -- Are rock gardens really pretty? -- From the "tiger cubs crossing the river" to the "higher self" -- The neglected rock garden -- The rock garden in textbooks -- Unsightly stones and a weeping cherry tree -- Shiga Naoya and Mur?o Saisei -- Are rock gardens pretty? -- Popularization and the expression of Zen -- Proof of beauty -- Looking at the mirror's reflection -- Another Japan experience -- Bruno Taut and Ry?oanji -- The people who introduced Zen and Ry?oanji to the West -- Isamu Noguchi -- How Zen in the Art of Archery and Ry?oanji were received -- Does Zen stink? -- Ky?ud?o, Zen, and the Olympics -- I knew it! it's Zen! -- Postscript -- Translator's afterword -- Appendix: Herrigel's "defense" -- Kanji for personal names -- Kanji for Japanese terms.
English and Japan.
Keywords: Herrigel, Eugen -- 1884-1955.; Herrigel, Eugen -- 1884-1955.; Zen Buddhism -- Study and teaching -- Europe; Civilization, Western -- 20th century -- Japanese influences; Archery -- Japan -- Religious aspects; Rock gardens, Japanese -- Religious aspects; Ryoanji Teien (Kyoto, Japan).