Table of contents : Contents Introduction Things 1. Things and Words 2. Koto. The Japanese Language and the Question of Philosophy 3. Kotodama. An Essay on Kotodama: Words and “Things” 4. Makoto: An Essay on True Words (Makoto) Depth 5. Concealment and Brittleness 6. Yūgen, Sabi: Take, Sabi, and Yūgen in Japanese Short Poems (Tanka) Being-Time 7. Impermanence and Contingency 8. Kū. On Bashō 9. Gūzen. Contingency Abbreviations Notes Glossary Bibliography Index of First Lines General Index About the Author