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...agree agressively with Catherine L. Tung’s Dec. 8 column, “The Trouble of Self Study.” Before one can be educated, or led out of oneself, one must first focus inwardly; in the words of Funakoshi: “First of all, know yourself, then know others.” With history’s greatest, ranging from Shakespeare to the Buddha, from Socrates to Gandhi, imploring us to yield to the age-old Delphic command, “know thyself,” the time is ripe for students to cease rattling...
...agree agressively with Catherine L. Tung’s Dec. 8 column, “The Trouble of Self Study.” Before one can be educated, or led out of oneself, one must first focus inwardly; in the words of Funakoshi: “First of all, know yourself, then know others.” With history’s greatest, ranging from Shakespeare to the Buddha, from Socrates to Gandhi, imploring us to yield to the age-old Delphic command, “know thyself,” the time is ripe for students to cease rattling...
...pattern-oriented design sensibility of traditional Japanese textiles. Often his splashy tableaux resemble spread-out kimonos. Typically, as in Untitled, 1985, they are covered with an obsessive, all-over rash of heavily impastoed, drippy dots. Far less theatrical but also keenly focused on subject matter and technique, sculptor Katsura Funakoshi creates blank-faced portraits of everyday people whose looks betray neither race nor nationality. Made from camphorwood, his torsos are as skillfully carved as the ancient Buddhist sculptures whose construction they recall. Psychologically intense, they are also a little bit spooky...
...shrewdly exploited his compatriots' fixation on expensive luxuries is Keishiro Funakoshi, proprietor of the Akaneya Coffee Shop in scenic Karuizawa, a popular mountain resort 100 miles northwest of Tokyo. There, for 9,900 yen (roughly $38), he serves what must surely be the world's most expensive cup of coffee. Funakoshi readily concedes that it is not so much the quality of his coffee (a home-blended brew of charcoal-roasted grains freshly ground for each customer) or the decor of his establishment (a narrow, dark wooden hut decorated in rustic Mingei style), as the defiantly exorbitant prices...
...weaker brew, served in less ornate cups, costs a steep 495 yen (more than three times the standard price) when taken at the counter. That is where the majority of Funakoshi's customers sit, hoping to see someone come in and order the special $38 cup. Hardly anyone complains about the high prices. As Funakoshi explains it: "Compared to 9,900 yen, 495 is a real bargain...
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