After taking off in America and other countries, the phrase ‘wabi-sabi’ was imported back to Japan as a compound ... but it really took off as an aesthetic ideal in the 17th century.

While painting is preeminent in the 90-odd works shown in "Collection: The Aesthetics of Contemporary Japan" at the National Museum of Art, Osaka (NMAO), it is mostly peripheral to the better ...

Wabi-sabi is a traditional Japanese aesthetic that celebrates imperfections and natural elements. It's a design approach that ...

Everything about this slim tome — from its meandering, contemplative style to its thorough, varied exploration of Japanese aesthetics — informs on the Japanese character and culture like no ...

Simplicity and purity are the hallmarks of Japanese aesthetics, and Karasawa’s Oregon clients desire the less-is-more approach also championed by early modernists like architects Ludwig Mies van ...