Table of contents : CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION THE SUBJECT OF AESTHETICS ONE .The Introduction of Aesthetics Nishi Amane TWO. A Voice of Resistance Tsubouchi Shoyo THREE. Hegelian Reversal Okakura Kakuzo FOUR. Idealism, Christianity, and Poetics O¯ nishi Hajime FIVE .The Aesthetics of the Nation Takayama Chogyu AESTHETIC CATEGORIES SIX. Onishi Yoshinori and the Category of the Aesthetic SEVEN. The Creation of Aesthetic Categories POETIC EXPRESSION EIGHT. The Space of Poetry The Kyoto School and Nishitani Keiji NINE. The Calonology of Imamichi Tomonobu POSTMODERNISM AND AESTHETICS TEN. The Play of Mirrors Sakabe Megumi ELEVEN .The Complicity of Aesthetics Karatani Ko¯jin Glossary CHRONOLOGY BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX