Report of the 4th Research Meeting of Research Approach (4) of 2012

Date: 22th February 2013

Time: 18:30-20:15

Venue: Hosei University Ichigaya Campus, ’58 Building 2F Research Center for International Japanese Studies Seminar Room

Speaker: Vincent Giraud (Kyoto University)

Theme: The Existential Aesthetics of Kuki Sh?z?

Translator: Takafumi Ishiwatari (Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Letters, Hosei University)

Chair: Shin Abiko (Director, Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies; Professor, Hosei University)

Executive Summary
In this meeting, Dr. Vincent Giraud of Kyoto University examined meaning of Kuki Sh?z?’s existential aesthetics through meticulous reading of Kuki’s masterpiece The Structure of “Iki” (「いき」の構造 )