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4. Makoto: An Essay on True Words (Makoto)

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© University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction ix
  4. Things
  5. 1. Things and Words 3
  6. 2. Koto. The Japanese Language and the Question of Philosophy 51
  7. 3. Kotodama. An Essay on Kotodama: Words and “Things” 92
  8. 4. Makoto: An Essay on True Words (Makoto) 137
  9. Depth
  10. 5. Concealment and Brittleness 173
  11. 6. Yūgen, Sabi: Take, Sabi, and Yūgen in Japanese Short Poems (Tanka) 185
  12. Being-Time
  13. 7. Impermanence and Contingency 257
  14. 8. Kū. On Bashō 276
  15. 9. Gūzen. Contingency 298
  16. Abbreviations 341
  17. Notes 343
  18. Glossary 413
  19. Bibliography 421
  20. Index of First Lines 433
  21. General Index 437
  22. About the Author 445
Japan’s Frames of Meaning
This chapter is in the book Japan’s Frames of Meaning
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824860769-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction ix
  4. Things
  5. 1. Things and Words 3
  6. 2. Koto. The Japanese Language and the Question of Philosophy 51
  7. 3. Kotodama. An Essay on Kotodama: Words and “Things” 92
  8. 4. Makoto: An Essay on True Words (Makoto) 137
  9. Depth
  10. 5. Concealment and Brittleness 173
  11. 6. Yūgen, Sabi: Take, Sabi, and Yūgen in Japanese Short Poems (Tanka) 185
  12. Being-Time
  13. 7. Impermanence and Contingency 257
  14. 8. Kū. On Bashō 276
  15. 9. Gūzen. Contingency 298
  16. Abbreviations 341
  17. Notes 343
  18. Glossary 413
  19. Bibliography 421
  20. Index of First Lines 433
  21. General Index 437
  22. About the Author 445
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