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Zen in the Art of Archery (Zen in der Kunst des Bogenschießens) is a book by German philosophy professor Eugen Herrigel, published in 1948, about his experiences studying Kyūdō, a form of Japanese archery, when he lived in Japan in the 1920s. It is credited with introducing Zen to Western audiences in the late 1940s and 1950s.
Eugen Herrigel. Eugen Herrigel (20 March 1884 – 18 April 1955) was a German philosopher who taught philosophy at Tohoku Imperial University in Sendai, Japan, from 1924 to 1929 and introduced Zen to large parts of Europe through his writings.
Shihan Mato – A traditional style of Japanese archery using a short bow from a seated position. The Japanese culture and lifestyle television show Begin Japanology aired on NHK World featured a full episode on kyūdō in 2008. A European's take on kyūdō in Zen in the Art of Archery.
Zen became a major element in both foot and mounted archery as it also became popular among the samurai in every aspect of their life during the Kamakura period. Yabusame as a martial art helped a samurai learn concentration, discipline, and refinement. Zen taught breathing techniques to stabilize the mind and body, giving clarity and focus.
The following year, Kane wrote GURPS Operation Endgame, four adventures that used the rules set out in GURPS Espionage. The 128-page softcover book was illustrated by Dan Smith and Doug Shuler, with cover art by John Zeleznik, and published by SJG in 1993 for use with the 3rd edition of GURPS..
GURPS Space Bestiary, describing many fictional extraterrestrial creatures, including silicon-based, crystalline, energy and liquid beings. GURPS Spirits, published 2001, a guide to fictional spirits from several cultures (angels, demons, djinn, dryads, ghosts etc.), with a possible system of spirit-based magic. This expands upon the Spirit ...
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Its title is a play on words of Zen in the Art of Archery. It would really enrigh this article to describe any further ways these works are related, as I know there is more than just the title. --DanielCD 20:57, 2 March 2006 (UTC) The article claims that this book "inspired a series of other titles".
The Book of Five Rings (五輪書, Go Rin no Sho) is a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general, written by the Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi around 1645. Many translations have been made, and it has garnered broad attention in East Asia and throughout the world.