Japanese Aesthetics, Literature, and Culture

Explores the beauty, traditions, literature, and cultural ideas that have shaped Japanese aesthetics and artistic expression.

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Significance of Gyotaku to Japan

Significance of Gyotaku to Japan

Beyond the Name​

Beyond the Name​

A Kikokushijo’s Exploration of Haiku

A Kikokushijo’s Exploration of Haiku

Haiku Across Cultures: The Expressive Potentials of English and Japanese Through Bilingual Versification

Haiku Across Cultures: The Expressive Potentials of English and Japanese Through Bilingual Versification

Consumptive, Bedridden, and Hungry 19th-Century Poet Masaoka Shiki: A Day in the Life

Consumptive, Bedridden, and Hungry 19th-Century Poet Masaoka Shiki: A Day in the Life

WESsays in Idleness

WESsays in Idleness

A Pillow Book of an “Idle” Thanksgiving:

A Pillow Book of an “Idle” Thanksgiving:

Basho, Shiki, and Modern Artistic Expression

Basho, Shiki, and Modern Artistic Expression

A Tooth Fairy Manifesto

A Tooth Fairy Manifesto

An Assistant’s Musings: A Look at The Pillow Book through a Modern-Day Lens

An Assistant’s Musings: A Look at The Pillow Book through a Modern-Day Lens

A LEGO Depiction of the Battle of Nagashino

A LEGO Depiction of the Battle of Nagashino

Accepting Knowledge as Suffering: A Contemporary Re-Imagining of Kamo no Chōmei’s Hōjōki

Accepting Knowledge as Suffering: A Contemporary Re-Imagining of Kamo no Chōmei’s Hōjōki

Through the Iris​: Exploring self-expression and the evolution of Japanese cultural practices through Ikebana

Through the Iris​: Exploring self-expression and the evolution of Japanese cultural practices through Ikebana

April at Wesleyan

April at Wesleyan

How Yokai Adapts to Modern Societies: Differences in Yokai Interactions with Technology and Humans

How Yokai Adapts to Modern Societies: Differences in Yokai Interactions with Technology and Humans

Hōjōki ver. 2021

Hōjōki ver. 2021

The Philosophy of Wabi Sabi

The Philosophy of Wabi Sabi

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