Reflections on Japanese Taste: The Structure of Iki

By Kuki Shūzō and Dina Nayeri

The first English translation of a remarkable book on modern aesthetics that clarifies a distinctively plebeian Japanese sensibility based on a unique category of taste, iki. The work anticipates directions in postwar thought, structuralism in particular, through its opposition of high and low culture. The only version of Kuki's text - including those in Japanese - to provide full interpretive notes (many based on Kuki's own sources and manuscripts), this book is essential reading for studies in Japanese culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0909952302
• ISBN13: 9780909952303
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Power Publications, Sydney
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher