Okakura Kakuzō
Person on 2 sites
Japanese art critic and scholar (1863 to 1913); promoted a critical appreciation of traditional forms in the Meiji era; curator of the Department of Japanese…
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7 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Teaism is a cult founded on adoring the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday life (opens korrents.com)
“Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence.”
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People who cannot feel the littleness of their own great things tend to overlook the greatness of little things in others (opens korrents.com)
“Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.”
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It is better to remain 'barbarians' than to base a claim to civilisation on the glory of war (opens korrents.com)
“Fain would we remain barbarians, if our claim to civilisation were to be based on the gruesome glory of war.”
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Teaism is a cult founded on adoring the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday life (opens korrents.com)