Shots in the Dark

Preface to the American Edition

Introduction

1. Between the Real and the Fake

            The Kitschy World of “Zen in/and the Art of . . .”

            The Rock Garden in New York

            The Moving Borderline

2. The Mystery of Zen in the Art of Archery

            The Beginning of the Story

            Spiritual Archery and Herrigel’s Meeting with Its Teacher

            Becoming a Disciple

            Breathing

            The Release

            Purposefulness and Purposelessness

            The Target in the Dark

            The Riddle of “It”

3. Dissecting the Myth

            The Spread of Zen in the Art of Archery

            The Moment the Myth Was Born

            What is Japanese Archery?

            The Great Doctrine of the Way of Shooting

            What Herrigel Studied

4. The Erased History

            The Blank Slate

            Herrigel’s Early Years

            The Japanese in Heidelberg

            Homecoming and the Nazis

            From the End of the War to Retirement

5. Are Rock Gardens Really Pretty?

            From the “Tiger Cubs Crossing the River” to the “Higher Self”

            The Neglected Rock Garden

            The Rock Garden in Textbooks

            Unsightly Stones and a Weeping Cherry Tree

            Shiga Naoya and Muro Saisei

            Are Rock Gardens Pretty?

            Popularization and the Expression of Zen

            Proof of Beauty

6. Looking at the Mirror’s Reflection

            Another Japan Experience

            Bruno Taut and Ryoanji

            The People Who Introduced Zen and Ryoanji to the West

            Isamu Noguchi

            How Zen in the Art of Archery and Ryoanji Were Received

            Does Zen Stink?

            Kyudo, Zen, and the Olympics

            I Knew It! It’s Zen!

Postscript

Translator’s Afterword

Appendix: Herrigel’s “Defense”

Kanji for Personal Names

Kanji for Japanese Terms

Bibliography