You know what? I wanna do a thread about the Shibui/Hade distinction that underlies Japanese aesthetics since a mutual brought it up. Please read! 🧵
Very often when people talk about Japan, they’ll use the word “contrast” a lot, usually about tradition/modernity, but this is usually a euphemism for Japan’s odd fusion of asceticism and maximalism. Foreigners often assume this is a euro-style high/low culture gap. It isn’t!