Corporeità e desoggettivazione nell’estetica interculturale di Kitarō Nishida

Abstract

This essay aims to show some particular characters in the Japanese artistic tradition, through the analysis of some passages by the contemporary philosopher Kitarō Nishida (1870-1945) and the Zen master Shin’ichi Hisamatsu (1889-1980). Taking into account also some artistic experiences, such as those of ink painting, calligraphy, raku pottery or nō theater, a strong connection between aesthetics and ethics appears: art and its gestures allows in fact thanks to bodily activity a process of transformation and liberation from attachment to ego.