What is wabi-sabi style?

I have become obsessed with wabi-sabi recently and wanted to have a deeper understanding of wabi-sabi, so I watched two movies, "Every Day Is a Good Day" and "The Visit of Sen no Rikyu". After watching it, I felt it even more The natural, simple and quiet beauty brought by wabi-sabi!

Regarding the concept of wabi-sabi, let’s sort out its historical origins, as well as the application and expression of wabi-sabi style in space.

1. The history of wabi-sabi

The two Chinese characters wabi-sabi actually originate from a Japanese word called wabi-sabi, which is an Eastern Zen state of mind. , believing that true beauty is incomplete.

It originates from the three seals in Buddhism, namely the impermanence of all actions, the selflessness of all dharmas, and the silence of Nirvana, especially impermanence.

The origin of its thought can be traced back to the Chinese Zen culture.

Around the time from the Tang Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, our country’s culture and art were very popular with the Japanese, so they sent some people to China to study and exchange, and learn Chinese culture, art, porcelain, and tea ceremony. Equivalent to current international students.

Among them, Zen Master Rongxi probably brought Zen tea culture from China to Japan during the Southern Song Dynasty.

At the same time, it is also very popular among the Japanese people. After development, it has formed its own local tea ceremony culture.

Later it probably happened during the Warring States Period in Japan, which was equivalent to the late Ming Dynasty in China.

There was a tea sage named Sen no Rikyu who pushed tea ceremony to a new philosophical level. He opposed everything that was exquisite, gorgeous, complex and complete.

In Japanese vocabulary, wabi tea is called wabi tea, which means the concept of rough appearance but perfect interior. This concept he advocated has a great influence to this day.

After talking about wabi tea represented by Sen no Rikyu, let’s talk about the word sabi.

Jiび, Ji can also be written as 锖 in ancient Chinese, which means "old, rusty".

The original meaning of the word certainly comes from Chinese.

It was the haiku poet Matsuo Basho who, driven by Noh music, gradually developed a meaning of beauty: from the appearance of old objects (people), a kind of beauty full of time is revealed. ; Even if the appearance is mottled or faded, it cannot stop (or even intensify) a shocking beauty.

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2. The spread of wabi and sabi

The disseminator of wabi and sabi, Amakura Okashin is an art critic. Through his book "Tea "Book" to spread Eastern culture and art

3. The meaning of wabi-sabi

The concept of wabi-sabi is actually an aesthetic concept, which is difficult to describe clearly in words

Below we will use Matsuo Basho's poem to describe it

It seems more silent because of the sound

It has reached the state where sound is better than silence here

In Matsuo Basho The various states of quiet aesthetics also influenced many later architects

Among them is Junichiro Tanizaki, who is a representative of Eastern aestheticism. He wrote a book called "In Praise of Shadows", which contains There is such a passage

Under his influence, Tadao Ando, ??the best architect to use light, can be said to have used light to the extreme and removed all decorations

Wabi-sabi Another aesthetic state is mourning for things, finding beauty in imperfection, accepting the incomplete beauty, that fleeting beauty, the Japanese cherry blossom is the most representative symbol

The wabi-sabi What elements and symbols does style have that we can better express and apply in indoor space?

How to apply it in space will be explained through several cases

The walls are full of simplicity, Some rough pottery products, as well as handmade bamboo baskets made of natural materials, everything is natural, pure and beautiful.

The stone and stone partitions on the window sill, the solid wood-colored furniture, and the soft wall art paint give people a stable and comfortable wabi-sabi aesthetic feeling

Materials used in lamps They are all made of natural materials, and key lighting techniques are used to create suitable light for each space, such as Japanese paper lamps and bamboo woven lamps. The lights are also warm-colored lights, which will give people a particularly warm and textured overall feel.

Wabi-sabi master Axel? Vervoordt also said

Home is a personalized expression of your soul.

Home is a representation of your ideal lifestyle, revealing your tastes, opinions and relationship with the world.