vocabulary of japanese ethics 1

Question 1

aware

Answer 1

• at first used as an exclamation of surprise or delight
• now used as pleasant or interesting
• used to describe spring rain, bird calls
• then used to describe sadness
• modern -> wretched

Question 2

tale of genji

Answer 2

• only the lower classes used to word aware as a simple exclamation
• other people used aware to express gentle sorrow
• mono no aware -> the sadness of things

Question 3

en

Answer 3

• charming
• colorful surface of genji
• we are struck more by the charmingness of genji then sadness
• envokes visual beuty

Question 4

okashi

Answer 4

• cheerful nature
• Heian -> pillow book
• something which brought a smile to the face
• opposite of aware

Question 5

miyabi

Answer 5

-courtliness
-refinement
-describes the aesthetics of the heian period
-led poets to shun crude, rustic -> less real feeling
-for the higher class
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