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Yoji Yamakuse 
Japaneseness 
A Guide to Values and Virtues

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This book looks at the core life concepts and shared values that historically and culturally define the quality of ‘being Japanese.’ Among these are reverence, love of nature, group loyalty, hierarchical respect, passion for detail, belief in learning, formality, and acceptance of change. How can Western analogues of these Japanese virtues help us improve our own societies and cultivate inner strength, mindfulness, and long-lasting relationships at home and the workplace? This stimulating exploration of an alternative ethics and humanism is a provocative workbook for ‘decluttering the spirit.’

Yoji Yamakuse is a Tokyo-based consultant on personnel management, staff training, and development of joint projects in cross-cultural environments.

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Table of Content


Preface


On Reading the Japanese Heart


Maintain Harmony


1. Harmony

2. Entertaining a Guest

3. Showing Consideration

4. Modesty

5. Space, Interval

6. Moderation

7. Lobbying

8. Flexible Thinking


Follow Forms and Paths


9. Form

10. Etiquette

11. Discipline

12. Skill

13. Craft

14. Way, Road

15. Reason

16. The Way of the Warrior

17. Self-Denial

18. Training

19. Seeking the Truth


Feel Ki, Be Aware of Transition


20. Energy

21. Fighting Spirit

22. Fate

23. Sensing Danger

24. Air, Atmosphere

25. Period

26. Restraint

27. Marking a Break

28. Moderation


Have Feeling, Be Loyal


29. Personal Feelings

30. Obligation, Duty

31. Social Debt

32. Inside and Outside, Social Circle

33. True Feelings and Facade

34. Harmonious

35. Loyalty

36. Hierarchy

37. Loyalty

38. Filial Piety

39. Barriers


Revere the Gods and Buddhas


40. The Gods

41. Purification

42. Defilement

43. Integrity

44. Japanese Spirit

45. Buddhism

46. Self-power and Other-power

47. The Other World

48. Pathos

49. Transience

50. Enlightenment

51. Zen

52. Worldly Desires

53. Emptiness

54. Nothingness


Respect Relationship


55. Relationships

56. Reincarnation

57. Cause and Effect

58. Without Ties


Build Trust


59. Trust

60. Benevolence

61. Moral Code


Develop Virtue


62. Virtue

63. Shame

64. Face

65. Role

66. Intuitive Communication

67. Resignation


Understand Beauty


68. Beauty

69. The Beauty of the Simple

70. The Beauty of the Decaying

71. Refinement

72. Elegance

73. Erotic

74. Chic

75. Profound Tranquility

76. Cultured

About the author


Yoji Yamakuse (born in Oita Prefecture, Japan, 1955) has worked for major publishing companies in Tokyo and New York and has been active as a consultant for nearly 100 Japanese and American global firms, focusing on personnel management, staff training, and development of joint projects in cross-cultural environments.


Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 160 ● ISBN 9781611729177 ● File size 2.2 MB ● Publisher Stone Bridge Press ● Published 2016 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5502955 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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