{"product_id":"ideals-of-the-east-9781462904754","title":"Ideals of the East","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis classic of Japanese studies is an important contribution to the understanding of Japanese art and culture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author, Okakura wrote \u003ci\u003eIdeals of the East\u003c\/i\u003e at the turn of the 20th century.  The book quickly became a museum of Asiatic civilization, and yet more than a museum, because the singular genius of the Japanese people leads them to dwell on all phases of the ideals of the past, which welcomes the new without losing the old. He wrote of that broad expanse of love for the Ultimate and Universal, enabling the people of Asia to produce all the great religions of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Buddhism he found \"that great ocean of idealism, in which merge all the river-systems of Eastern Asiatic thought—not colored only with the pure water of the Ganges, for the Tartaric nations that joined it made their genius also tributary, bringing new symbolism, new organization, new powers of devotion, to add to the treasures of the Faith.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAsiatic art and culture went hand in hand, and how well Okakura wrote about both!\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kazuko Okakura","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48291654893819,"sku":"9781462904754","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_c275ea76-1621-472d-a5ca-fa7288f2c138.jpg?v=1779190483","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/ideals-of-the-east-9781462904754","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}