p2020 Reprint of the 1953 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Up to the time of publication, this was the only book written by a westerner, and indeed the only book in a western language that describes the difficult path of learning Zen. A simple, vivid account of personal experience, it may well serve to mitigate the unspeakable queerness of Zen to the average westerner--to make the kicks and shouts of the Zen patriarchs seem less like the behavior of lunatics. Students of Japanese culture, too, will find that it sheds much light on the way in which art and religion have been traditionally blended. emNew StatesmanemppHerrigel's book may have inspired Tim Gallwey's 1974 book emThe Inner Game of Tennisem. Both Herrigel and Gallwey approach sport and life as opportunities for learning inner cooperation. emZen in the Art of Archeryem also relates to the inner child idea in humanistic psychology. This work most likely inspi