Kire is a fundamental Japanese religio-aesthetic term referring to a Buddhist “cutting off” of everyday life in the sense of “renunciation” or the oppression of the superfluous and is linked to Rinzai School of Zen Buddhism. The aesthetic “cut” called kire creates a new - Rinzai school - Document - PDFSEARCH.IO

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	Kire is a fundamental Japanese religio-aesthetic term referring to a Buddhist “cutting off” of everyday life in the sense of “renunciation” or the oppression of the superfluous and is linked to Rinzai School of Zen Buddhism. The aesthetic “cut” called kire creates a new Add to Reading List Open Document File Size: 155,08 KB Share Result on Facebook City Tokyo / Weatherhill / Kyoto / New York / / Company Oxford University Press / / Organization Rinzai School / Oxford University / / Person Kathleen M. Higgins / / ProvinceOrState New York / / SocialTag Aesthetics Asian culture Philosophy Theatre in Japan Noh Japanese aesthetics