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  2. Mono no aware - Wikipedia

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    Japanese woodblock print showcasing transience, precarious beauty, and the passage of time, thus "mirroring" mono no aware [1] Mono no aware (物の哀れ), [a] lit. ' the pathos of things ', and also translated as ' an empathy toward things ', or ' a sensitivity to ephemera ', is a Japanese idiom for the awareness of impermanence (無常, mujō), or transience of things, and both a transient ...

  3. Memento mori - Wikipedia

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    Memento mori (Latin for "remember (that you have) to die") [2] is an artistic or symbolic trope acting as a reminder of the inevitability of death. [2] The concept has its roots in the philosophers of classical antiquity and Christianity , and appeared in funerary art and architecture from the medieval period onwards.

  4. Folktales from Japan - Wikipedia

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    Hometown Rebuilding: Folktales from Japan (ふるさと 再生 ( さいせい ) 日本 ( にっぽん ) の 昔 ( むかし ) ばなし, Furusato Saisei: Nippon no Mukashi Banashi) is a 258-episode long Japanese anime television series that adapts various traditional stories from Japan.

  5. The Three Dead Kings - Wikipedia

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    The theme of the "Three Living and the Three Dead" is a relatively common form of memento mori in mediaeval art. [1] The earliest manuscript evidence for the story comes from late 13th-century France. [2] A Dit des trois morts et des trois vifs by Baudoin de Condé has been traced back to 1280.

  6. Memento mori (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The Latin quote Memento mori means "remember (that you have) to die" and is a reminder of the inevitability of death. It is a common motif in art. It is a common motif in art. Memento mori may also refer to:

  7. Memento Mori (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Memento Mori is a novel by Scottish author Muriel Spark published by Macmillan in 1959. The title (Latin for "remember you must die"), references a common trope . This is represented in the novel by a series of insidious phone calls made to the elderly Dame Lettie Colston and her acquaintances.

  8. Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms - Wikipedia

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    A novelization of the film by Kei Kunii (国井 桂, Kunii Kei), with a cover featuring the film's actors, was published by Futabasha on 3 July (ISBN 978-4-575-23582-1). [25] A novelization of the manga by Yohei Makita (蒔田陽平, Makita Yohei) was published by Futabasha on 22 July (ISBN 978-4-575-24046-7).

  9. The Black Halo - Wikipedia

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    (Memento Mori) With the story over, it is revealed that Ariel's tale is a playset for a New Year's Eve festival, similar to the framing device of Goethe's Faust. (Interlude III: Midnight – Twelve Tolls for a New Day) The festival ends with a tribute to tragedy, comedy, and the cyclical nature of life. (Serenade)