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'''Zen in the Art of Archery''' (ISBN 0679722971) is a book written by [[Eugen Herrigel]] in [[1953]].
This was one of the first books to introduce [[Zen]] to westerners, and still one of the best for tak== Kanji Reference: Index by Concept ==

This index method groups together Kanji that describe things the practical route rather than the contemplative. He describes Zen in the [[archery]] as follows: "The archer ceases to be conscious of himself as the one who is engaged in hitting the bull's-eye which confronts him. This state of unconscious is realized only when, completely empty and rid of the self, he becomes one with the perfecting of his technical skill, though there is in it something of a quite different order which cannot be attained by any progressive study of the art . . ."

In the 1930s this [[Germany|German]] [[philosopher]] spent several years in [[Japan]]. He taught University courses and studied ''[[kyudo|kyūdō]]'', a form of Japanese archery and also ''[[ikebana]]'' (Japanese flower arrangement art). 

==External links==

* Yamada Shôji, The Myth of Zen in the Art of Archery. ''Japanese Journal of religious studies'', Spring 2001, 28/1–2. (Number 586).  Alternate point of view.  [http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/SHUBUNKEN/publications/jjrs/pdf/586.pdf full-text PDF 265K] 

* "Zen in the Art of Archery - A practitioner's View", Liam O'Brien, Kyoshi 7 dan [http://www.kyudo.org.uk/zen_art_archery.pdf full-text PDF]


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[[Category:Zenat deal with the same concept, for example [[kanji]] for numbers or [[kanji]] for directions.

=== Colours ===

[[Kanji Reference:Haku|白]]

=== Directions ===

[[Kanji Reference:Hoku|北]] [[Kanji Reference:Nan|南]] [[Kanji Reference:To|東]] [[Kanji Reference:Sei|西]]

=== Money ===

[[Kanji Reference:En|円]]

=== Numbers ===

[[Kanji Reference:Ichi|一]] [[Kanji Reference:Ni|二]] [[Kanji Reference:San|三]] [[Kanji Reference:Shi|四]] [[Kanji Reference:Go|五]] [[Kanji Reference:Roku|六]] [[Kanji Reference:Shichi|七]] [[Kanji Reference:Hachi|八]] [[Kanji Reference:Ku|九]] [[Kanji Reference:Ju|十]] [[Kanji Reference:Hyaku|百]] [[Kanji Reference:Sen|千]] [[Kanji Reference:Man|万]]


=== Time ===

[[Kanji Reference:Nichi|&#26085]] [[Kanji Reference:Getsu|月]] [[Kanji Reference:Nen|年]] [[Kanji Reference:Yo|曜]]