Eugen Herrigel
A German philosopher who introduced Zen to large parts of Europe through his writings.
Eugen Herrigel was a German philosopher who introduced Zen to large parts of Europe. He used archery in an attempt to further understand Zen. In 1936 he published a 20-page article entitled
Die Ritterliche Kunst des Bogenschiessens
(
The Knightly Art of Archery
) in the journal,
Zeitshrift für Japanologie
, which later formed the core of his most famous work
Zen in the Art of Archery
.