Noh drama and the tea ceremony are indebted to Confucian rituals and Buddhist ideals. The great Noh playwright Zeami and the Teamaster Sen no Rikyu epitomize medieval Japanese aesthetics and their emphasis on Yugen (profound emotion), Wabi (feelings of age and obscurity), and Sabi (feelings of simplicity and tranquility).

Great Minds of the Eastern Intellectual Tradition #26

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