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Glossary of Japanese Arts Terms
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yakueda
yodo ho
yudansha
yugen
yuki
yugen
Yugen in Japanese art implies mysterious skills that can be felt but not put into words. The poet Fujiwara Teika established ten categories of beauty and yugen was among the ten forms. Perhaps the English word "symbolism" hints at yugen.
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