Sabi (sabi) - Rust

Japanese: さび（寂） - さび

It refers to the aesthetic appeal felt when the true essence of an object seeps out onto the surface of the object in a taste of tranquility and simplicity. With its roots in medieval Buddhist epistemology, which placed the highest priority on grasping the true essence of things, it was born as a form of criticism of the vulgar and extravagant secular values and aesthetic tastes. In medieval theories of poetry and linked verse, it was highly regarded as the ultimate state of beauty, alongside barley, thinness, and karabi, and it had a major influence not only on Rikyu's wabizuki tea ceremony, but also on the general attitude of Japanese people to life thereafter, and especially on their aesthetic tastes.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ある物の本質が，閑寂枯淡な味わいとなって，物の表面ににじみ出るときの美的興趣をいう。物の本質を究めることを至上の課題とした中世の仏教的認識論を母胎として，俗悪華美な世俗の価値観や美的嗜好に対する批判の形で生まれてきた。中世の歌論･連歌論などでは，〈ひえ〉〈やせ〉〈からび〉などと並んで，美の究極的境地として高く評価され，利休たちの〈侘数寄（わびずき）〉の茶のほか，以後の日本人の生活態度全般，ことにその美的嗜好に大きな影響を与えている。

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