Preface / H. S. Hisamatsu -- Survey of the Zen fine arts -- China: the monastic spirit -- Japan: laymen's Zen: the integral life -- Zen aesthetics -- The Seven Characteristics -- Four basic problems -- The Zen basis -- The meaning of Zen -- Zen and the Seven Characteristics -- Conclusion -- Appreciations of selected plates -- The plates -- Notes to the plates -- Biographical notes.
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