The Philosophical Foundation of the Japanese Concepts of Beauty: With a Focus on "Wabi", "Sabi" and "Yuugen".

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23520007
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Philosophy/Ethics
Research Institution	Tohoku University
Principal Investigator	SATO Toru 東北大学, 国際文化研究科, 教授 (60222014)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords	哲学 / 美意識 / 侘び / 寂び / 幽玄
Research Abstract	The aim of this research was to make an philosophical analysis of the Japanese traditional concepts of beauty: "Wabi", "Sabi", "Yuugen". In this research, we examined the theory of OHNISHI Yoshinori (a Japanese researcher of aesthetics; 1888-1959) concerning these concepts especially, and pointed out the problems. And we tried to analyze these concepts from our original point of view. We defined two basic functions of art and beauty and the characteristics peculiar to the three concepts of beauty from the viewpoint of these two functions.

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