Wabi-sabi

Not to be confused with wasabi.

In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi (侘び寂び) centers on the acceptance of transience and imperfection.[2] It is often described as the appreciation of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete".[3] It is prevalent in many forms of Japanese art.[4][5]

Wabi-sabi combines two interrelated concepts: wabi (侘) and sabi (寂). According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, wabi may be translated as "subdued, austere beauty", and sabi as "rustic patina".[6] Wabi-sabi derives from the Buddhist teaching of the three marks of existence (三法印, sanbōin), which include impermanence (無常, mujō), suffering (苦, ku), and emptiness or absence of self-nature (空, kū).[7]

Characteristics of wabi-sabi aesthetics and principles include asymmetry, roughness, simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy, and the appreciation of natural objects and the forces of nature.

  1. ^ 森神逍遥 『侘び然び幽玄のこころ』桜の花出版、2015 Morigami Shouyo, Wabi sabi yugen no kokoro: Seiyo tetsugaku o koeru joi ishiki (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-434-20142-4
  2. ^ "What Is Wabi-Sabi?". nobleharbor.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  3. ^ Koren 2008.
  4. ^ Arp, Robert, ed. (2018). 1001 Ideas That Changed the Way We Think. London: Cassell Illustrated. ISBN 978-1-78840-088-6. OCLC 1032029879.
  5. ^ Zia, East Liberty. "Wabi-Sabi: The Japanese Art of Finding the Beauty in Imperfections". Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Japanese Aesthetics". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  7. ^ Suzuki 1959, pp. 19–38.
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