{"product_id":"9798217184699","title":"Zen and Ghibli : Life Lessons for Lasting Happiness from the Legendary Studio","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Fort-Book; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eThe secrets for how to live a happy, enlightened life from three charming Buddhist monks and Toshio Suzuki, the Oscar-winning Studio Ghibli producer behind internationally beloved and acclaimed films including \u003cspan style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Fort-Book-Italic;\"\u003eSpirited Away\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Fort-Book-Italic;\"\u003eMy Neighbor Totoro\u003c\/span\u003e, and \u003cspan style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Fort-Book-Italic;\"\u003eThe Boy and the Heron\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Fort-Book; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Fort-Book; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Fort-Book-Italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;\"\u003eOne visionary filmmaker. Three Buddhist monks. Countless life-changing lessons.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Fort-Book; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Fort-Book; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Fort-Book; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eHow do we live now? In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Fort-Book-Italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;\"\u003eZen and Ghibli\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Fort-Book; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e, legendary Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki embarks on an intellectual journey with three leading Buddhist monks—Sokyu Gen’yu, Nanrei Yokota, and Shinsuke Hosokawa—to explore Zen themes woven into the universally treasured Ghibli films. In ways unpredictable and delightful, life-changing lessons are revealed, such as:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Fort-Book; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Fort-Book; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; margin-bottom: 11px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Fort-Book; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Fort-Book-Italic;\"\u003ezazen\u003c\/span\u003e, redirecting our focus inward (\u003cspan style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Fort-Book-Italic;\"\u003eKiki’s Delivery Service)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Fort-Book-Italic;\"\u003ekunjū\u003c\/span\u003e, learning through observation (\u003cspan style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Fort-Book-Italic;\"\u003eThe Wind Rises)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Fort-Book-Italic;\"\u003efushiki\u003c\/span\u003e, strength in not knowing (\u003cspan style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Fort-Book-Italic;\"\u003ePrincess Mononoke)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Fort-Book-Italic;\"\u003efuryū monji\u003c\/span\u003e, how to convey feelings that cannot be expressed into words (\u003cspan style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Fort-Book-Italic;\"\u003eHowl’s Moving Castle)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Fort-Book; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Fort-Book; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eFrom the skill of embodying nothingness as a form of worry relief, to why Kiki’s black cat Jiji stopped talking, each conversation gradually reveals a basic principle that lies at the very heart of Zen Buddhism and Studio Ghibli—that we, and our world, are worth fighting for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Fort-Book; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Fort-Book; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Fort-Book; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eBeautifully illustrated with Japanese artwork and stills from these iconic films, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-shadow: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Fort-Book-Italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;\"\u003eZen and Ghibli\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Fort-Book; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e is at once a charming antidote for our times and a fascinating glimpse into the magic of Studio Ghibli that has shaped fans for over forty years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"G P Putnam's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67610389184739,"sku":"EB_SE0600_00000_00000","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/3758\/6147\/files\/9798217184699-1_722209df-511e-4c62-a8e8-f3c13cb72de1.jpg?v=1792552290","url":"https:\/\/usa.kinokuniya.com\/products\/9798217184699","provider":"Books Kinokuniya USA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}