Eugen Herrigel

Germany
Born 1884
Died 1955

Description

German professor of philosophy who studied kyūdō under Awa Kenzō in Japan and wrote Zen in der Kunst des Bogenschießens (Zen in the Art of Archery).

Teachers (1)

  • Awa Kenzō
    sports_martial_artsKyudo Probable
    Probable
    Single source; Herrigel's own book is not cited here.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Single source; Herrigel's own book is not cited here.
    “Of the two, Awa is best known outside Japan, because he was the teacher of Eugen Herrigel (1884–1955), a German professor of philosophy who lived in Japan from 1924 to 1929. Herrigel studied with Awa for about three years.”
    — Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

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Sources

Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovationinfo

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5H4KQ09SFQW8QVFX4H0VPSE
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Eugen Herrigel. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5H4KQ09SFQW8QVFX4H0VPSE - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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