List of Abbreviation & Conventions Introduction, Michiko Yusa, Western Washington University, USA Part I: Making of Modern Japanese Philosophy: Phenomenology as a Case in Point1. Phenomenology in Japan: Its Inception and Blossoming, Keiichi Noe, Tohoku University, JapanPart II: Social and Political Themes2. Confucianism in Modern Japan, Takahiro Nakajima, The University of Tokyo, Japan3. The Political Thought of the Kyoto School: Beyond 'Questionable Footnotes' and 'Japanese-style Fascism', Kenn N. Steffensen, The University of Cork, Ireland4. Metanoetics for the Dead and the Living: Tanabe Hajime, Karaki Junzo, & Moritaki Ichiro on the Nuclear Age, Nobuo Kazashi, Kobe University, Japan5. In the Wake of 3.11 Earthquake of 2011: Philosophy of Disaster and Pilgrimage, Cheung Ching-yuen, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong KongPart III: Aesthetics6. The Aesthetics of Tradition: Making the Past Present, Michele F. Marra7. Bodily-Present Activity in History-An Artistic Streak in Nishida Kitaro's Thought, Enrico Fongaro, Tohoku University, Japan 8. In Search of an Aesthetics of Emptiness: Two European Thinkers, Raquel Bouso Garcia, University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, SpainPart IV: Some Prominent 20th Century Thinkers9. Watsuji Tetsuro: Accidental Buddhist? An Introduction, Steve Bein, University of Dayton, USA 10. Encounter in Emptiness: The I-Thou Relation in Nishitani Keiji's Philosophy of Zen, Bret W. Davis, Loyola University Maryland, USA11. Creative Imagination, Sensus Communis, and the Social Imaginary: Miki Kiyoshi and Nakamura Yujiro in Dialogue with the Contemporary Western Philosophy, John W. M. Krummel, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA12. Nishida Kitaro as a Philosopher of Science, Keiichi Noe, Tohoku University, JapanPart V: Philosophical Dialogue on Gender & Life13. Japanese and Western Feminist Philosophies: A Dialogue, Erin McCarthy, St. Lawrence University, USA14. Affirmation via Negation: Zen Philosophy of Life, Sexual Desire, and Infinite Love, Michiko Yusa, Western Washington University, USAAppendix: Two Essays by Nishida Kitaro"The Beauty of Calligraphy" "On Japanese Short Poetry, Tanka" About the authors Timeline Index of Japanese texts cited Index of names and terms