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Index
Cover Image
Title Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1: An Introduction to Katas
Chapter 1: Tesshu, or a Model Life
Chapter 2: Kata, or “Technique and the Man are One”
THE CONCEPT OF KATA
THE TRANSMISSION OF KATAS
THE JAPANESE CONCEPT OF TECHNIQUE
Part 2: The Emergence of Katas
Chapter 3: Closing Japan and Coming Back to Oneself
JAPAN BEFORE SAKOKU
LIVING THROUGH SAKOKU: THE RELOCATING OF INSTINCTUAL DESIRE
JAPANESE MASOCHISM AND THE AESTHETICS OF IKI
Chapter 4: Kami and Japanese Polytheism
THE ANCESTOR CULT
THE KAMI AND JAPANESE ANIMISM
RELIGIOUS SYNCRETISM AND WARRIOR VALUES
Chapter 5: The Katas of the Social Orders in the Edo Period
Chapter 6: Breaking Points in History
THE END OF FEUDALISM AND OPENING TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD
THE DEFEAT AND ABOLITION OF THE IMPERIAL REGIME
Part 3: The Dimensions of Kata
Chapter 7: The Gyō and Self-Investment
SHUNSHO’S GYŌ
INTERIORIZATION
GYŌ AND KATA
THE GYŌ AND DEATH
Chapter 8: Death and Time
THE MASTER: AN INCARNATION OF DEATH
EXPLODED TIME
ZEN AND THE WEIGHT OF WORDS
Chapter 9: The Psychological Aspect of Kata
THE MANY FACES OF THE DOUBLE AND TECHNICAL AWARENESS
A LIFE KATA
Part 4: Persistence and Transformation in a Traditional Culture
Chapter 10: Seppuku
TWO HISTORICAL EXAMPLES
SEPPUKU
Chapter 11: The Warrior’s Kata in Contemporary Society
MISHIMA AND THE HAGAKURE
THE CONTRADICTORY SEARCH FOR A LIFE KATA
MISHIMA’S SEPPUKU
Chapter 12: Effectiveness and Weight of the Katas
THE AIR (KUKI) AND THE NON-SAID
FROM THE MEIJI ERA TO WORLD WAR II
COLLECTIVE SUICIDES: THE BIRTH OF A KATA
Chapter 13: Katas Today
COLLAPSE AND TRANSFORMATION
SOCIAL MODELS BASED ON KATAS
THE PERSISTENCE OF KATAS IN ART
THE KATA AND THE STRUCTURE OF SMALL GROUPS
KATA AND KARATE
Conclusion
Footnotes
Endnotes
About the Author
About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
Books of Related Interest
Copyright & Permissions
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