Shuzo Kuki lived from 1888 to 1941 and was a Japanese art critic, philosopher and poet born in Tokyo Prefecture. He helped introduce Western phenomenology to Japan and developed a philosophy of contingency alongside engagement with existentialism, and he is best known for his 1930 masterwork The Structure of Iki, a phenomenological analysis of iki, a distinctively Japanese aesthetic sensibility.
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Defining MomentConverted to Catholicism and was baptized in Tokyo in 1911 at age 23 1 Notable PublicationThe Structure of Iki (1930) 1 BirthplaceTokyo Prefecture, Japan 1 Tradition
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February 15, 1888
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Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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Kyoto, Japan
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Kyoto School
Career
The Structure of "Iki" (1930)
Early life
At age 23 in 1911 (Meiji 44), Kuki converted to Catholicism; and he was baptized in Tokyo
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Kyoto School
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