Introduction：from "the beautiful" to "the dubious"：Japanese traditionalism，modernism，postmodernism. Derrida and the decentered universe of Ch'an/Zen Buddhism，by S Odin. Ie-ism ("sacred familism") and the discourse of postmodernism in relation to nativism/nationalism/Nihonism，by S Heine. Intervals (ma) in space and time：foundations for a religio-aesthetic paradigm in Japan，by R Pilgrim. Lyricism and intertextuality：an approach to Shunzei's poetics, by H Shirane. A methodological examination of the "post-Confucian thesis" in relation to Japanese (and Chinese) economic development，by C Fu. The murky mirror：women and sexual ethics as reflected in Japanese cinema, by S Wawrytko. The intertextual fabric of narratives by Enchi Fumiko，by S Hulvey. Tradition，textuality, and the trans-lation of philosophy：the case of Japan，by J Maraldo. The Kyoto School and reverse Orientalism，by B Faure. Tradition beyond modernity：Nishitani's response to the twentieth century，by D Wright. Critical reflections on the traditional Japanese view of truth, by M Abe. Japan，the dubious, and myself，by K Oe.
