"Shots in the Dark: Japan, Zen and the West", by Professor Yamada Shoji, is now available from Amazon. You can see it here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/pro...283155&s=books

It is an expansion of the thesis Prof. Yamada introduced in his monograph "The Myth of Zen in the Art of Archery". In this book, Prof. Yamada examines how foreign perceptions of Japanese culture have affected the way in which the Japanese thermselves view their own culture. To do this, he dissects the process by which kyudo and the rock garden at the temple of Ryoanji in Kyoto changed from being just archery and a rock garden to being "Zen" archery and a "Zen" rock garden.

This book also contains the only extensive research into the life of Eugen Herrigel, the author of "Zen in the Art of Archery".

Anyone interested in Japanese culture should find this book interesting.