Flower petals fall, but the flower endures
Subtitle: the Japanese philosophy of transience
By: Seiichi Takeuchi ; translated by Michael Brase
Contributors: Brase, Michael, translator; Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan
Edition: Eibunban
Series: Japan library; Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyo Shinko Zaidan)
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9784916055484
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Impermanence (Buddhism) in literature; Philosophy; Japanese Philosophy; Japanese literature; History and criticism; Philosophie; Civilization
Other titles: Hanabira wa chiru hana wa chiranai :
Work titles: Hanabira wa chiru hana wa chiranai
Description: "Life is short and transient--Japanese people call this sentiment mujokan. However, what if we could sweep away the "despair" looming over the present age by proactively accepting this mujo (transience)? Perusing the thought of mujo from the perspectives of philosophy, literature, art and religion, Takeuchi delves into the view of life and death unique to the Japanese people who have shared "grief" and "pain" with each other, as well as into the very core of their underlying spirit." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Edition statement from colophon.

Originally published in Japanese: Hanabira wa chiru hana wa chiranai : mujo no Nihon shiso (Tokyo : Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan, ℗♭2011).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-205).

In English with parallel title in Japanese; glossaries in English and Japanese.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Mujokan in contemporary Japan : "Shogon" of "Kusokuzeshiki"; title: What is the meaning of "Totoi"?; title: Flower petals fall, but the flowers endures; title: What is "Shiawase," and what is it like?; title: The "Awai" between "Onozukara" and "Mizukara"; title: Glossaries.