Lo Zen e l’estetica del vuoto

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_15091
dc.contributor.author	Tollini Aldo
dc.title	Lo Zen e l’estetica del vuoto. Forme dell’arte nella Via del Buddha
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	The coming to power of the bushi clans from the late twelfth century stimulated the emergence of a peculiar Japanese culture and aesthetics, with different characteristics from those that had prevailed in the aristocratic milieu of Kyōto in the previous period. The close relationship that had developed between the warrior class and the new Zen school coming from China stimulated the acculturation of the warriors and their appreciation of the arts. Zen, in fact, acted as an intermediary transmitting the great continental culture to the archipelago where, adapted to the Japanese environment where a virile character, marked by rarefied values of essentialism prevailed, gave birth to extraordinarily precious fruits characterised by great elegance and by a high spiritual sensibility. This essay aims to describe some aspects of what is called the ‘aesthetics of emptiness’ inspired by the doctrines of the Zen school.
dc.relation.ispartof	Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies
dc.relation.ispartof	Arts and Literature
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-04-21
dc.dateAccepted	2022-11-24
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-08-29
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-702-9/lo-zen-e-lestetica-del-vuoto/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-701-2/008
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8976
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9395
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-702-9
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-701-2
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Aesthetics
dc.subject	Buddhism
dc.subject	Bushi
dc.subject	Emptiness
dc.subject	Medieval Japan
dc.subject	Zen

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Lo Zen e l’estetica del vuoto

Forme dell’arte nella Via del Buddha

Aldo Tollini Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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The coming to power of the bushi clans from the late twelfth century stimulated the emergence of a peculiar Japanese culture and aesthetics, with different characteristics from those that had prevailed in the aristocratic milieu of Kyōto in the previous period. The close relationship that had developed between the warrior class and the new Zen school coming from China stimulated the acculturation of the warriors and their appreciation of the arts. Zen, in fact, acted as an intermediary transmitting the great continental culture to the archipelago where, adapted to the Japanese environment where a virile character, marked by rarefied values of essentialism prevailed, gave birth to extraordinarily precious fruits characterised by great elegance and by a high spiritual sensibility. This essay aims to describe some aspects of what is called the ‘aesthetics of emptiness’ inspired by the doctrines of the Zen school.

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April 21, 2023

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Nov. 24, 2022

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Aug. 29, 2022

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978-88-6969-702-9

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978-88-6969-701-2

Keywords: Emptiness • Aesthetics • Medieval Japan • Zen • Buddhism • Bushi

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