Japanese philosophy

Japanese philosophy has historically been a fusion of both indigenous Shinto and continental religions, such as Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Formerly heavily influenced by both Chinese philosophy and Indian philosophy, as with Mitogaku and Zen, much modern Japanese philosophy is now also influenced by Western philosophy.

Budō

Giri (Japanese)

– "itsukushimi"

Grace

Haibutsu kishaku

Hakkō ichiu

– e.g., Yoshida Kenkō, Kamono Chōmei

Hermit

Kami

Kokutai

Ma (negative space)

– "Bamboo whisk" culture and "octopus pot" culture

Maruyama Masao

Nihonjinron

Shame society

Wabi-sabi

Yamato-damashii

Taoism in Japan

one of the first Europeans to get some knowledge about Japanese philosophy

William Vorilong

James W. Heisig, Thomas P. Kasulis, John C. Maraldo (eds.), Japanese Philosophy: A Sourcebook, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2011.

David A. Dilworth & Valdo H. Viglielmo, with Agustin Jacinto Zavala (eds.), Sourcebook for Modern Japanese Philosophy: Selected Documents, Westport: Greenwood Press, 1998.

R. Tsunoda, W.T.de Bary, D. Keene (eds.), Sources of Japanese Traditions, New York: Columbia University Press, 1964, 2 vols.

entry by Thomas Kasulis in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

"Japanese Philosophy"

Japanese philosophy: Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online

by Graham Parkes in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy