Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. List of Illustrations viii
4. Acknowledgments xii
5. List of Abbreviations xv
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Antinomies: Transiting Modernity in Japanese Art History 21
8. 2. Interface: Between Visuality and Alterity 53
9. 3. Stratigraphy: Facing the Eyeless Sutras 79
10. 4. Anti-Aesthetics: Materiality and Visuality in The Significance of the Character “A” (Ajigi) 131
11. 5. Viscera: Anatomy, Prosthesis, and the Physiology of Vision 163
12. 6. Montage: The Anthology of the Thirty-Six Poets and the Modernity of Collage 195
13. Conclusion 227
14. Appendix A: Location and Provenance of the Eyeless Sutras 235
15. Appendix B: Translations 236
16. Appendix C: Anthology Page Counts 239
17. Notes 240
18. Bibliography 271
19. Index 294