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underlying the experience or object; this registration of the underlying life precipitates into the conscious as registering something extraordinary in the everyday ordinary. If you both register, then looking into the other person's eyes, you understand that you both shared the same phenomenon, a knowing of the underlying life, or at least the qualities of that underlying life. The qualities registered can seem paradoxical. Complex experiences or objects seem simple; perfection is found in imperfection. All objects and experiences, both everyday and extraordinary, can have a beauty, a quiet purposeful intent, a cool, matter of fact underlying joy.
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Shibusa is an enriched, subdued appearance or experience of intrinsically fine quality with economy of form, line, and effort, producing a timeless tranquility. Shibusa includes the following essential qualities:
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is more auspicious than tomorrow. Everydayness provides a framework, a tradition for an artist's oeuvre to be a unit not a process. Hiroshi Mizuo argues that the best examples of
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are found in the crafts, ordinary objects made for everyday use. They tend to be more spontaneous and healthy than many of the fine arts. Imperfection is illustrated in
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preferred. Quiet monochromes and sparse subdued design provide a somber serenity with a hint of sparkle. Occasionally, a patch of bright color is added as a highlight.
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728:. San Francisco, CA. Jossey-Bass.
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2096:National symbols
1815:
1814:
1749:
1748:
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1551:
1548:
1547:
1452:
1451:
1386:Economic miracle
1188:Muromachi period
998:
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956:
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381:
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193:
134:. Although many
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3272:
3085:
3043:Parasite single
2953:
2818:Types of people
2813:
2807:Other positions
2737:
2686:Bowing in Japan
2669:
2660:
2539:
2533:Yamato-damashii
2273:Brother complex
2238:
2232:
2202:
2197:
2177:
2175:
2163:
1983:Class S (genre)
1935:
1911:Sex trafficking
1886:Life expectancy
1822:Anti-monarchism
1800:
1730:
1673:
1640:List of members
1620:Law enforcement
1533:
1437:
1409:
1361:Mukden Incident
1322:
1280:Meiji oligarchy
1260:Empire of Japan
1231:
1161:Kamakura period
1144:
1069:
987:
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712:Far Eastern Art
669:
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656:House Beautiful
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427:House Beautiful
416:The concept of
360:(1336–1573) as
347:, the fruit of
343:An almost ripe
337:
220:The Marble Faun
187:
93:
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2406:Mental states
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2367:
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2349:
2345:Ichi-go ichi-e
2340:
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2293:
2288:
2279:
2277:Sister complex
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2058:
2053:
2048:
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2038:Henohenomoheji
2035:
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1714:Prime Minister
1711:
1706:
1704:Foreign policy
1701:
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1683:
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1581:Imperial House
1578:
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1566:
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1555:
1545:
1539:
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1534:
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1496:
1491:
1489:Extreme points
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1230:
1229:
1224:
1223:
1222:
1217:
1210:Sengoku period
1207:
1202:
1201:
1200:
1195:
1185:
1180:
1175:
1170:
1169:
1168:
1158:
1152:
1150:
1149:Post-Classical
1146:
1145:
1143:
1142:
1137:
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929:
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582:Leach, Bernard
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482:
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451:
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350:Diospyros kaki
336:
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286:Matthew E. May
284:, the author,
277:business fable
261:the adjective
103:'s Kyoto house
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3291:
3290:Black company
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2970:
2969:Herbivore men
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2831:Shinoukoushou
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2363:Ishin-denshin
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1771:Manufacturing
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1061:
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1058:Imperial Army
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