The Depiction of Maya in Endo Shusaku's Fukai kawa: The Case of Isobe and Kiguchi

Mayank Sharma

Maya, Advaita, Vedanta, Japanese Literature, Indian Philosophy, Endo Shusaku, Adi Shankaracharya

Fukai kawa or Deep River is one of the greatest novels of the well-known Japanese author Endō Shūsaku. He is considered as a Catholic writer and his works has been seen through the lens of Western perspective mainly. However his works are not confined to a certain world view but depicts various world views. According to Japanese scholar Sengaku Mayeda, the Indian ideas are deeply rooted in Japanese minds and Indian and Japanese people share same sense of spiritual values. Fukai kawa depicts this shared philosophy through its plot and characters. This paper attempts to focus on Indian philosophical element of Māyā and analyse it by studying the characters Isobe and Kiguchi. The analysis will be through an Indian perspective and based on the philosophical concepts of Māyā as perceived in the Advaita Vedānta system of Ādi Śaṃkaracarya. Ādi Śaṃkara is the great philosopher and reformer. His philosophy is deeply rooted in the Indian thought system. According to one of the great Japanese philosopher Nakamura Hajime the Vedanta philosophy of Śaṃkara maintains the central position in the philosophical world of modern India.

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"The Depiction of Maya in Endo Shusaku's Fukai kawa: The Case of Isobe and Kiguchi", IJNRD - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (www.IJNRD.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no.d186-d190, March-2023, Available :https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2303327.pdf

Volume 8 Issue 3, March-2023

Pages : d186-d190

Paper Reg. ID: IJNRD_189417

Published Paper Id: IJNRD2303327

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Research Area: Social Science and Humanities 

Country: New Delhi, Delhi, India

Published Paper PDF: https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2303327

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DOI: http://doi.one/10.1729/Journal.33438

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