Introduction
Melinda Landeck
Part 1: Foundational Concepts
1. “A History of Mono no Aware: Fleeting Moments that Stir the Heart”
Joannah Peterson
2. “Courtly Elegance in Manga: Understanding Contemporary Interpretations of Miyabi through Chihayafuru”
Lindsey Stirek
3. “Ma, from Sengoku to Cinema”
David Lewis
4. “Chill-ing Out in the Tearoom: Hie, Omokage and the Subtle Art of Connection in Chanoyu”
Nancy Hamilton
5. “Perception and Appreciation of Nature in Chanoyu”
Bruce Sōsei Hamana
6. “Wabi-sabi, Modern Art and Enlightenment”
Dan O’Brien
7. “Yūgen, Basara, and Hana: Surveying the Tastes of Martial Rulers”
Hanna McGaughey
Part 2: Architectural Aesthetics
8. “Jōmon vs. Yayoi Aesthetics: Deconstructing a Dichotomy in Japanese Art History”
Wei Sun
9. “Ise Jingū: The Architecture of Peace and Sustainability”
Daichi Shigemoto
Pary 3: Modernizing Traces
10. “Modern and Contemporary Aesthetics in Art and Visual Culture”
Alison J. Miller
11. “Senjafuda and the Re-imagining of Edo Commoner Culture in Modernizing Japan”
Kumiko McDowell and Kevin McDowell
12. “Tokyo’s Neon Collage: The Cultural Development and Luxury of Neon Illumination”
Annette Condello
13. “The Journey of Modern Japanese Lettering Overseas: Notes on the Aesthetics of Simplification”
Eduardo Araújo de Ávila and Priscila Lena Farias
14. “The Essence of Tanbi Literature,”
Vicky A. Richings
15. “On Beauty and Instinct: Philosophy of Aesthetic Empathy in Japanese Naturalism”
Chie Tokuyama
Part 4: Applied Aesthetics in the Modern Era
16. “From Yūgen to Yūgenism: Translating the Japanese Sublime in Contemporary Art”
Verity Lane with Jason Danely
17. “Beauty in Shadows: Aesthetics in Tanaka Isson’s Landscapes from the Southern Islands of Amami Ōshima”
Eve Loh-Kazuhara
18. “Artificially Created Fog for Art: On the Aesthetics of Nakaya Fujiko’s Fogscapes”
Fabiana Senkpiel
19. “Kawaii: The Deep Roots of a Modern Aesthetic”
Joshua Paul Dale
20. Itai: A Modern Material Aesthetic Born from Anime, Manga and Game Fandom”
Dale K. Andrews
21. “Dissecting Japan’s National Treasure System: Treasure Surveys and the 1897 Ancient Shrines and Temples Protection Law”
Julie Christ Oakes
Biography
Melinda Landeck is Associate Professor of East Asian Studies at Austin College, a private liberal arts college in north Texas, USA, where she teaches a wide array of courses on Chinese, Korean and Japanese culture, in addition to the instruction of modern Japanese language.
