Le jardin japonais en Europe by Ursula Wieser Benedetti

“…By examining the works of Akisato Ritō, a prolific writer, gardener and poet of the Edo period, this paper will try and show the considerable influence he exerted on the garden art of his time, and, by extension, on the garden typologies introduced to Europe in the 19th century. …”
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Chikamatsu, Mori, and the uncanny valley by Karl F. MacDorman

“…Yet, warnings against this also thread through Japanese thought, from the Edo-period playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653–1724) to the robotics professor Mori Masahiro (1927–2025). …”
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