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Zen in the Art of Archery

Eugen Herrigel, 1948 (English trans. R. F. C. Hull, Pantheon, 1953)

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The short, influential, and contested account of a German philosophy professor's six years of Kyudo training under Master Awa Kenzō. The book popularised the Zen dimension of archery in the West and remains a reference point — as much for the critical questions it raises as for the spiritual ideal it describes.

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The Academy · May 27, 2026

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