This collection of essays constitutes the first history of modern
Japanese aesthetics in any language. It introduces readers through
lucid and readable translations to works on the philosophy of art
written by major Japanese thinkers from the late nineteenth century
to the present. Selected from a variety of sources (monographs,
journals, catalogues), the essays cover topics related to the study
of beauty in art and nature. The translations are organized into
four parts. The first, "The Introduction of Aesthetics," traces the
formation of notions of "beauty," "culture," and "art" in Japan. It
includes discussion of the creation of the museum in Japan and the
frenetic efforts of Nishi Amane, Okakura Tenshin, Ernest Fenollosa,
and Mori Ogai to introduce German, British, and French aesthetic
thought to the Japanese. This is followed by three sections that
examine the transformation of the aesthetic field into an academic
discipline that flourished at three major Japanese universities.
"Aesthetics at Waseda University" begins with an essay on the
spiritualism and idealism of Onishi Hajime and continues with
essays on the impact of German Lebensphilosophie ("philosophy of
life") on Shimamura Hogetsu and Takayama Chogyu, and work by the
major Waseda aesthetician of the twentieth century, Aizu Yaichi.
Thinkers of the Tokyo School adopted a "scientific" method in the
study of art theory. Part 3, "Aesthetics at the University of
Tokyo," focuses on the ideas of Otsuka Yasuji (holder of the
world's first Chair of Aesthetics), Onishi Yoshinori, Watsuji
Tetsuro, Abe Jiro, Takeuchi Toshio, and Imamichi Tomonobu. The
section concludes with a look at the contemporary philosopher
Sakabe Megumi. The last section, "Aesthetics at the University of
Kyoto," includes essays on Nakagawa Shigeki and Fukada Yasukazu,
pioneers in the field of aesthetics, and on the philosophy of art
of the "Kyoto School," which was deeply inspired by the thought of
Nishida Kitaro. Finally the work of Kuki Shuzo, an influential
teacher of Western philosophy at the University of Kyoto, is
examined. A History of Modern Japanese Aesthetics is a companion
volume to Modern Japanese Aesthetics: A Reader (UH Press, 1999).
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