侘び寂び
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 侘 | 寂 |
| わ Hyōgai |
さび > さ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| わび・さび 侘び・寂び 侘寂 侘・寂 |
Pronunciation
Noun
- wabi-sabi, an aesthetic of transience and imperfection
- 1986 August, Tsuruhashi Gekihiko, “Zen-Nihon onnapetto TOP 40 kaicho [All-Japan Top 40 chief fantasy girls]”, in Konputīku, volume 20, page 178:
- みんなも明るいばかりでなく、そのウラにある人生のわび・さびをわかるようにならなきゃダメだよ。
- Minna mo akarui bakari denaku, sono ura ni aru jinsei no wabi sabi o wakaru yō ni naranakya dame da yo.
- It’s not that everyone is so cheerful; you must understand the wabi-sabi of the life behind that facade.
- みんなも明るいばかりでなく、そのウラにある人生のわび・さびをわかるようにならなきゃダメだよ。
- 1998 October 1, “Ryōjinryoku ni manabu: Kekkyoku wa kimochi no yosa desu ne [Lessons in grey power: in the end, it’s about feeling good isn’t it]”, in Mainichi Shimbun, page 2:
- 僕の考える世界最終戦争っていうのは、頭と体の戦い。計算力と感覚力の戦い。国家に代表させればですね、ツルピカ新品力のアメリカと、侘び寂び中古力日本との戦いですよ。
- Boku no kangaeru sekai saishū sensō tte iu no wa, atama to karada no tatakai. Keisanryoku to kankakuryoku no tatakai. Kokka ni daihyō sasereba desu ne, tsurupika shinpinryoku no Amerika to, wabisabi chūkoryoku Nihon to no tatakai desu yo.
- In my opinion, the world’s last battle is between the head and the body. It is a battle between calculation and intuition. If we described it as nations, it is a battle between the shiny new power of the United States and the wabi-sabi ancient power of Japan.
- 僕の考える世界最終戦争っていうのは、頭と体の戦い。計算力と感覚力の戦い。国家に代表させればですね、ツルピカ新品力のアメリカと、侘び寂び中古力日本との戦いですよ。
- 2007 March 9, “Miru kiku asobu: shūmatsu annnai Fukushima-ken [Look, listen, play: Fukushima prefecture weekend events]”, in Asahi Shimbun, page 26:
- 佐賀県唐津市で修業の後、登り窯を築窯。侘び寂びを感じさせる味わい深い花入れや食器、茶器など１５０点を展示即売。
- Saga ken Karatsu shi de shugyō no ato, nobori kama o chikukama. Wabisabi o kanjisaseru ajiwai fukai hanaire ya shokki, chaki nado hyakugojū-ten o tenji sokubai.
- After training in Karatsu, Saga prefecture, built a climbing kiln. He will exhibit for sale 150 ceramic pieces, including vases, tableware, and tea sets, that give a strong sense of wabi-sabi.
- 佐賀県唐津市で修業の後、登り窯を築窯。侘び寂びを感じさせる味わい深い花入れや食器、茶器など１５０点を展示即売。
- 2023 March 10, “Yamashita Yuji no kokuhō mon! Ishikawa Uncho ‘Dōgen zenji mōko chōbuku no zu’ [Yuji Yamashita’s national treasures: ‘Dōgen zenji mōko chōbuku no zu’ by Uncho Ishikawa]”, in Mainichi Shimbun, page 20:
- 幕末には過剰な表現がはやるんだよ。例えば成田山新勝寺（千葉県成田市）のお堂には、建物の周りにものすごく派手な彫り物がある。「わびさび」より「やりすぎ」。
- Bakumatsu ni wa kajō na hyōgen ga hayarun da yo. Tatoeba Naritasan Shinshōji (Chiba ken Narita shi) no odō ni wa, tatemono no mawari ni monosugoku hade na hori mono ga aru. “Wabisabi” yori “yarisugi”.
- Excess in expression was popular during the Bakumatsu period. For example, the great hall of Naritasan Shinsho-ji temple (Narita, Chiba Prefecture) is covered in gaudy carvings. ‘Over-the-top’ rather than ‘wabi-sabi’.
- 幕末には過剰な表現がはやるんだよ。例えば成田山新勝寺（千葉県成田市）のお堂には、建物の周りにものすごく派手な彫り物がある。「わびさび」より「やりすぎ」。
See also
Further reading
わび・さび on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja- Wabi-sabi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
