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Stories, Plays & Essays

The Structure of Iki

Kuki Shūzō · 1930 · translated by Valentin Sarić

Kuki Shūzō examines the aesthetic quality called iki through lived experience and philosophical analysis.

Coquetry, pride of spirit, and resignation find expression in gesture, dress, design, architecture, and music.

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141pages
1930first published
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