By Kisho Kurokawa
Symbiosis, as outlined by means of Kisho Kurokawa, certainly one of Japan's top architects, is a brand new method of analyzing modern day tradition. A philosophy which takes its identify from ecological and organic suggestions, it places ahead beliefs constructed from conventional eastern philosophy and tradition, whereas constantly acknowledging the presence of the multivalent, modern global. it's a philosophy of "both-and" instead of "either-or", a tradition of mix-and-match instead of construction from scratch, an ethic of inclusion instead of exclusion. As such, it's regarded as probably the most crucial statements of post-modern tradition so far. Kurokawa feels that we'll realize each one other's differing personalities whereas competing and should co-operate whereas we oppose and criticize one another.
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But need we conclude that a literature that couldn't have been written but in Japanese can only be understood and appreciated in Japan? Quite the contrary. People around world are reading Mishima and Kawabata, Tanizaki, Abe Kobo, and Oe Kenzaburo--in translation. Literature of quality in Japanese is, through translation, literature of international quality. I must make perfectly clear, however, that because I reject the universalism and internationalism that presupposed to superiority of the West does not mean that I advocate a static traditionalism or a narrow racialism.
Not only that, but we are alive because all sorts of life forms (bacteria) live in our digestive organs. Human beings are kept alive by other life forms and by nature itself. And when people die, they become ashes and return to earth, where they in turn are eaten by plants, animals, and other forms of life. This relation of giving life and being given life is the relation of "symbiosis"(tomoiki). And symbiosis is the most basic teaching of Buddhism. Professor Shiio's message is none other than the message of environmentalism and ecology so important today.
The new world order that he is aiming to achieve through economic means is, however, unclear. Both Kobayashi and Morita affirm the "Standard-of-Living Giant" that is a policy of the Miyazawa cabinet. I agree that this policy is important, since it represents the first time that Japan has made the improvement of daily life a national goal. But if all that means is larger houses, indoor plumbing, and a network of superhighways, that is, the improvement of the standard of living in terms of quantity alone, Japan will remain undistinguished among the nations of the world.