Secrecy in Japanese arts [electronic resource] : "secret transmission" as a mode of knowledge / Maki Isaka Morinaga.

This book explores the Japanese tradition of secret transmission of knowledge within a closed and often hereditary group. The author investigates how esoteric practices function, how people make meaning of their practices, and how this form of esotericism survived into the modern age. The first two...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Isaka, Maki (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Arts, Japanese. Teacher-student relationships > Japan. Performing arts > Japan. Martial arts > Japan. Martial arts. Performing arts. Teacher-student relationships. Japan.