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  2. Japanese aesthetics - Wikipedia

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    Japanese aesthetics comprise a set of ancient ideals that include wabi (transient and stark beauty), sabi (the beauty of natural patina and aging), and yūgen (profound grace and subtlety). [1] These ideals, and others, underpin much of Japanese cultural and aesthetic norms on what is considered tasteful or beautiful.

  3. Fumi-e - Wikipedia

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    Picture of Jesus used to reveal practicing Catholics and sympathizers Picture of the Virgin Mary. A fumi-e (踏み絵, fumi "stepping-on" + e "picture") was a likeness of Jesus or Mary onto which the religious authorities of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan required suspected Christians to step, in order to demonstrate that they were not members of the outlawed religion; otherwise they would be ...

  4. Miyabi - Wikipedia

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    In modern Japanese, the word is usually translated as "elegance," "refinement," or "courtliness" and sometimes to a "sweet loved one". The ideal posed by the word demanded the elimination of anything that was absurd or vulgar and the "polishing of manners, diction, and feelings to eliminate all roughness and crudity so as to achieve the highest ...

  5. Glossary of anime and manga - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 December 2024. An overview of common terms used when describing manga/anime related medium. Part of a series on Anime and manga Anime History Voice acting Companies Studios Original video animation Original net animation Fansub Fandub Lists Longest series Longest franchises Manga History Publishers ...

  6. Fumi - Wikipedia

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    Fumi Goto (史, born 1988), Japanese football defender; Fumi Hirano (文, born 1955), Japanese voice actress and essayist; Fumi Kojima (フミ, born 1916), Japanese discus thrower; Fumi Morisawa (芙美), Japanese voice actress; Fumi Nikaidō (ふみ, born 1994), Japanese actress and fashion model; Fumi Saimon (ふみ, born 1957), Japanese ...

  7. Wabi-sabi - Wikipedia

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    It occupies roughly the same position in the Japanese pantheon of aesthetic values as do the Greek ideals of beauty and perfection in the West." [ 3 ] Another description of wabi-sabi by Andrew Juniper notes that, "If an object or expression can bring about, within us, a sense of serene melancholy and a spiritual longing, then that object could ...

  8. Iki (aesthetics) - Wikipedia

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    The term iki is commonly used in both conversation and writing, having had a lasting effect on the development and continuation of Japanese aesthetics in the modern day, despite not necessarily being considered exclusive of other categories of Japanese aesthetic concepts and ideals, such as wabi-sabi.

  9. Japanese female beauty practices and ideals - Wikipedia

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    To create an emotional association, they used a non-Japanese name, from classical Greek terms meaning "good" and "skin". It was so successful that it is still continued to be sold today. [ 20 ] The exotic motto "Richness in All" used by Shiseido accurately represented the time as it was when Japan was still new to western influences. [ 7 ]