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5 pages. This research paper covers the broad spectrum of Japanese aesthetics. The Japanese have unique concepts and values when it comes to all manner of their tastes in art, architecture, clothing, and everything about their lives. This paper will attempt to uncover the secret of the beauty that is inherent to the Japanese world. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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art, architecture, clothing, and everything about their lives. This paper will attempt to uncover the secret of the beauty that is inherent to the Japanese world. THE JAPANESE
AESTHETIC In Zen and Japanese Culture, Suzuki states that the Japanese aesthetic is characterized by "imbalance, asymmetry, the `one-corner, poverty, sabi or wabi, aloneness and cognate ideas" (Railey 123).
Suzuki maintains that whereas the Western culture tends to separate the aesthetic from ordinary things and center on something that is set apart, the Japanese aesthetic is a thing that
can encompass its own being. As such, the Japanese feel that everything holds its own aesthetic beauty, whether it be a flower that has broken off a stem, or
a stone alongside a path. The Japanese encompass beauty in all things, and believe that the aesthetic of an object is the object itself. It does not have
to be set apart or idolized for its uniqueness. Its very sameness might be what gives it a beauty of its own. JAPANESE BEAUTY AND THE OUTDOORS Japanese
gardens are a thing of international renown; the Japanese are well known for their ability to create beautiful, contemplative gardens for meditation and relaxation. Japanese gardens sometimes include topiary. However,
as Josiah Conder notes in his classic study of the subject, "the clipping and carving of trees and bushes into shapes such as mountains, water-falls, boats, and buildings is kept
within the bounds of moderation" (Carlson 47). Japanese gardens can sometimes be considered something of a paradox. For on the one hand they are made to be completely soothing
and at one with nature; and yet the Japanese have trained the plants, as with the bonsai and topiary, they have arranged the rocks and the water placement so that
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