Japanese aesthetics Japanese aesthetics Iki (「いき」, often 粋) is one of traditional aesthetic ideals in Japan. The basis of iki is thought to have been formed among commoners in Edo, pre-modern Tokyo. ...more on Wikipedia about "Iki (aesthetic ideal)"
Japanese aesthetics has no single, unified basis. Instead, it encompasses various aesthetic ideals - some traditional, some modern. ...more on Wikipedia about "Japanese aesthetics"
Utamakura (歌枕: jp., literally "poem pillow" in Japanese) is a rhetorical concept in Japanese poetry. ...more on Wikipedia about "Utamakura"
Wabi-sabi (in Kanji: 侘寂) represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic. It is difficult to explain wabi-sabi in Western terms, but the aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is imperfect, impermanent, or incomplete. A concept derived from the Buddhist assertion of the first noble truth - Dukkha. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wabi-sabi"
Yabo (野暮) is a Japanese term to describe certain unaesthetic quality. Yabo is the antonym of iki. Busui (無粋), literally "non-iki," is synonymous to yabo. A non-iki thing is not necessarily yabo, but it's probable. A yabo thing is usually unrefined, gigantic, coarse, childish, colorful, self-conscious, permanent, loud, superficial, vulgar, snobbish, boorish, etc. ...more on Wikipedia about "Yabo"
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