Japanese Aesthetics and Anime

<p> This study addresses the relationship between Japanese aesthetics a field steeped in philosophy and traditional knowledge and anime a prominent part of contemporary popular culture. There are three premises: (1) the abstract concepts promoted by Japanese aesthetics find concrete expression at the most disparate levels of everyday life; (2) the abstract and the concrete coalesce in the visual domain attesting to the visual nature of Japanese culture at large; and (3) anime can help us appreciate many aspects of Japan's aesthetic legacy in terms of both its theoretical propositions and its visual even tangible aspects.</p>