The traditional Japanese aesthetic is, conversely ... what one sees The book reinforces the benefit that understanding words particular to different languages can bring: we can see the world ...

“Classical Japanese philosophy,” Graham Parkes and Adam Loughnane summarize in Japanese Aesthetics, “understands reality ... the mind than in the Western traditions.” Art, in other words, is not ...

(Westerners began to study Japanese aesthetics only in the past two centuries ... and an appreciation for transience. The word means "simplicity," and that's what the idea is all about: getting ...

It’s March 2020, and I’m headed to the offices of film distributor Shochiku to speak with Kyohei Ishiguro about his new animated film, “Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop.” I’ve been asked to ...

"Our next challenge is to explore the essence of Japanese aesthetics and use finely honed ... achieve a cabin ambiance of "ma," the Japanese word for space. The goal is three-dimensional depth ...