Yūgen: The Japanese Word for the Feeling Beneath the Feeling
The Japanese call it yūgen. A beauty too deep for words. The ache of noticing how beautiful something is while it is…
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Ukiyo: The Floating World
What Is Ukiyo? In Japan’s Edo period, ukiyo meant “the floating world”. A poetic description of life’s fleeting pleasures. Think kabuki theatres, geisha districts,…