Zen in the Art of Archery - Eugen Herrigel
ZEN
IN THE ART
OF ARCHERY
EUGEN HERRIGEL
Translated from the German by R. F. C. HULL
First Published 1953
PREFACE
In 1936 a lecture which I had delivered to the German-Japanese Society in Berlin appeared in the magazine Nippon under the title “The Chivalrous Art of Archery”. I had given this lecture with the utmost reserve, for I had intended to show the close connection which exists between this art and Zen. And since this connection eludes precise description and real de ...