Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. The First Invitation to Tokyoxs 1
5. The Matsudaira Hotel 6
6. The Japanese Philosophers in 1952 13
7. A Land of “Contradictions” 25
8. From Tokyo to the Hinterlands 34
9. Preparing to Revisit Japan in 1960 55
10. Revisiting Japan in 1960 62
11. A Miscellany of Experiences in 1960 76
12. The Japanese Philosophers Declare Their Independence: 1966 92
13. The Fourth Visit: 1976 112
14. Japan Visited for the Fifth Time: 1979 138
15. Looking Backward and Looking Forward 163
16. Index 171