Domestic Minimalism: The Art Of Japanese Life | Journal
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- Опубліковано 28 гру 2023
- In this final episode, Dr James Fox explores the art of the Japanese home. The clean minimalism of the Japanese home has been explored round the world: from modernist architecture to lifestyle stores. The origins of this aesthetic are less known however. They evolved from a system of spiritual and philosophical values which dates back centuries. We get to explore one of the last surviving traditional wooden villages in Japan and also take a deeper look at the unique spirit of Japanese craftsmen who turned joinery into an artform - building houses without the need for nails, screws or even glue.
In this landmark series, art historian Dr James Fox takes us on a captivating journey through the art and history of one of the world's most enigmatic cultures. Travelling the length of Japan, James explores every inch from the falling cherry blossoms to the dazzling modern cities. Along the way James will discover for himself the importance of art and aesthetics to the Japanese life and culture. He will learn the secrets behind brush-painting, block-printing, bonsai-trimming as well as the importance of Japanese homes and how their domestication has influenced the world. - Розваги
M A R A V I L L O S O !!!
Gracias.
Old Japan is gorgeous. I love the simplicity.
At some point in history, humanity has lost its soul.
I am glad to see that not all of our past has been lost.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful journey.
Beautiful!
Greetings from The USA California
Thank you nicely done.
This is the best documentary about Japan that I have seen. The explanation behind the arts is wonderful.
Nobody does serenity like the japanese. You can even see that in a Prius, if you truly take the time to drive a 4th Gen Prius, you'll feel the serenity (no BS). It's like the car flows with the road instead of dominating it like most sports cars, particularly German sports cars. It's a kind of serenity that can lead to a higher state of consciousness. It's in the design of the car itself. If you pay close attention to the windshield front glass panel, you can even see that it frames the road. In most cars, the windshield is closer to you, engulfing you to bring you closer to the road. The Prius does the opposite, the windshield glass is farther away from you to distance you from the road, yet bring you closer to what matters, to nature. In fact, when you can, observe a 4th Gen Prius pass by. It's the prius with the long almost question mark looking tails. Observe the car drive by and you will realize it rides as if it were not on pavement but floating on water. Pay attention to all the glass of the car, the body. All of it flows. I've spoken to industrial designers that know about this. This isn't bs. It's truly part of Japanese culture. The problem is that most people take it for granted, and this design is not always fully present in all models or Japanese brands. The Honda Fit carries a similar tranquility and serenity as well.
The minimalistic qualities are stunning the less is beautiful, one has a sense of tranquility and a place to de stress, to be able to become one with nature, to leave it all behind. I’m in love with home and space.
I need to get out of the city.
Thank you for this brilliant documentary and greetings from Germany!
Amazing art forms. Thank you
San Diego, CA USA
Very impressive, love the understand the surroundings & nature. No man made.
so beautiful !
My hubby and I, all the way in South Africa, live a sort of Zen-amalism lifestyle, simple, calm, and spiritual, with minimalism being at it's core, so when I watch this, oh I loved it so much! Thank you for the document!
Magical, magnificent! This is open, clutter free, just beautiful. I too love anything Japanese, my home has many itims Japanese, and a place that opens up to a garden western but Japanese for sure.Being a flower arranger in the art of Ikebana , i appreciate your inspiration on utube. Many thanks!!
Love the discipline and reverence the craftsman have for their work and training. It also exists in ballet training. I think in most modern endeavors, this philosophy is lost. People want to be lazy, are apathetic and sloppy. Where is the pride in one’s work? this video is truly inspiring!
You can add poetry to the list. People just want to "express themselves," usually the same trite narcissistic or tribal stuff, without learning the craft or the philosophies of centuries of literary masters.
beautiful documentary on a beautiful culture, I was lucky enough to have witnessed when stationed there.
I watched a documentary on the Forbidden City and how the buildings which uses only interconnected pieces like in this video. they wondered how it has survived centuries of earthquakes. they built a replica wall on an earthquake simulator. they maxed it out at magnitude 10.5, swayed like crazy but didn't succumb to the earthquake
Please do a show on japanese hoarders. Now that's a real trip!
I am a Collector🫶🏻
What a beautiful intelligent man is Free Willy Thankyou for the wise and helpful advice
Excellent contents. Watching from Brazil. With my Japanese background and Brazilian environment I try to find out my own identity. Thank you!
Identity is in faith. Mine in Jesus Christ.
A person's identity is more about who and what kind of person you are, not where your ancestors once lived. 😊😊
HABREIS IDO A DESTROZAR BRASIL, NO??
CÓMO PUEBLO AGRESIVO QUE SOIS!!
Shut up lol just be kind to people around you.
Good girl I love your direct comment! Yes be kind to thoes around you! Bravo
The hanging scroll is wonderful. Where can i purchase one simular? All this is very interesting. Thank you!
google
Is there anywhere, I can find That scroll? It's beautiful just to see.
Excellent video. Thanks
Beautiful
Beautiful! Watching repeatedly, thank you.
Amazing documentary, thanks for the upload🙏
Thank you for a great program .
So interesting! Thanks a lot!
AWESOME! Thoroughly enjoyed it... thank you. 🙏
Samurai is nice 👌 👍
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Great videography
Awesome work and great journalism! Thank you 🙏
Traditional India also followed these rules ❤❤
Open space is nice but you'd get tired of dragging things out. And there comes a time when getting down and sitting on your knees don't work anymore
Спасибо , Вы легко ведёте рассказ. 🙏
Fortunately that which shaped an Imperialistic, micro-perspective Feudal system of control, was crushed under the weight of the delusions which inspired them. Setting aside causality in order to view Art forms and philosophy is fine. Afterall, it is your production, your intent and your dime. I enjoyed the Art Form, Aesthetics, Philosophy, Historical Context and Spirituality. I understand why you chose to not look at the most profound causal events that have shaped Japan's Tao (Way-Path). It is not like any viewer on this Planet is unaware, just like any Japanese is unaware. You can see it in their mannerisms, their eyes and their desire to embrace that which defeated them.
Thank you very much bideo
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The irony of Japanese revivalism is that it isn't the old aristocratic caste that maintains the traditions, but that it originates among the common people, whom in the past would have been unlikely to be educated in the esthetics of Japanese culture.
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That spider in the beginning threw me off. Thought it was on my screen lol. Im terrified of hem even the small ones!!!!!! I hate it!!!! Wish i wasnt
To maintain true zen takes either a “team” of housekeepers OR a lifestyle of less ownership and less purchasing (Zen monks & temples). . . much, much, much less.
Those beautiful ZEN HOMES don’t show any of the real living areas, nor show hiring people to come in prepping the place for professional photos to be taken.
These “manufactured zen lifestyles” are for the very rich. Meaning, it provides little to no use for the vast population. Sure architecture is self-centered and useless in the scheme of world behavior and needs. Yet, they will go down in history as a representation of an era of housing that never existed in real life.
Make things that matter on a grand scale.
We say: I can speak …. Know how to (refers to a way to go about and find a solution ) …
Very interesting video, which makes me think about several topics...
Ikebana is really beautiful and meaningful on one hand. But on the other side plants are killed for the sake of peoples pleasure and their aim to please the Gods - I am not sure if that is right: Eating plants and animals to survive is what most "animals" do...maybe doing it for pleasure is helping to keep the mind healthy...I am still pondering.
Вы являетесь кормом для микроорганизмов. Растения и животные являются вашим кормом. Мы живем на этой планете для жизнт и развития микромира. Другой цели у нас нет.
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That's the purely physical plane. But we are more than just bodies. We are animate beings. We have a life-force or soul that lifts us above the merely physical, and which will live on after our physical bodies are dead. 😊
cutting a flower or branch doesn't kill the plant, so all the rest of your esoteric rambling is pointless.
@@Automedon2 Plants need all their parts to survive...just like humans.
@@MoniqueAO888 No they don't. You can cut flowers from a plant for 20 years and it still survives. Where are you getting your silly information from? Plants are nothing like humans. LOL
Good program but why are you filming the guy describing art and flowers instead of filming the art and flowers lol.
bavarian allemanns pull the sled also
Paper? outside walls ?
Any security or locks ?
So , anyone can break in ?
Sorry , does not look very safe , especially at night , unless you have your own army guarding you !
Foreigner's, not included! 🔋🔋✌🏻😹
Too many commercials 😊
I'm watching from Denmark and ... no commercials!
Have a nice weekend.
Kris 😎
UA-cam is my go to for music, entertainment, construction videos, etc., etc. I pay $15 per month for UA-cam Premium, otherwise, I probably wouldn't watch UA-cam at all. Commercials are annoying and disgusting. Hate them on TV as well. If it's worth Premium to you, try it.
I'm sorry chairs are forks
it saddens me that no one in the US cares for aesthetics like this. Its all concrete jungle, strip malls, car-centric sprawl and lowest bidder housing. :/ ...if i had the where-with-all i'd live in rural Japan in a heartbeat.
Superior people.
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What do they have such high suicide rates?
17:17 even in their religion they respect art.
compare their religion with islam,Respect Japan.
Did they respect japan If 🇯🇵 haven’t work that hard and became that powerful ?
Islamic art and architecture are gorgeous
Those flats are horrible.
And why is the narrator a European man in a suit?
And why can’t the closed captions be edited into proper English and use the correct English spelling of Japanese words so further individual investigation could occur. It should be quite easy to do if there were an English language editor on staff. Please?
1- Not just any "european", the accent that is used ad nauseum as the linqua to Be The Voice of "the Others" is usually a British accent, which has been used as a program marker to signify faux authority. The narrator dressed in a suit is to distance himself further, and set the tone of "authority" as a european male, who's heritage reeks of acculturations, contrived wars based in psychological war. Also, the Japanese work culture has deeply embraced this suit aesthetic as a signal in social settings. So the performance could be for legitimacy masking.
2- Laziness and a display of sheer audacity on part of the documentary team. They can speak about the fantasy of a culture's past, yet the minute details with proper editing is not considered important. Essentially, listen and don't ask questions. The "suited authority" has spoken about his romanticized version of a very small segment of Japan's vast history.
Originally, the host sounds like sir Attenborough. But sir will not attempt to standout in ancient environment by wearing suite and tie! And sir will speak its language and not through translator. Rid of the host, and the amazing story will surface the way the film maker trying to achieve
If the floors are tatami you shouldn't be walking on them with your shoes on!!!
He was wearing socks!
Call me a vagabond but modern architecture SUCKS. At least you got paid for saying all that b.s.
What bs are you referring to?
I agree. Modern architecture sucks. I think the idea that Japanese architecture influenced Western architecture is wrong. One thing is the Japanese minimalism, other thing is consider the horrible flat lines in a house something beautiful. They are not, they are just terrible and have been introduced in the Western by Le Corbusier. There's no soul, there's no life, just flat lines without human spirit on it. It's the same like live in a shoe box. The worst part is to know that was made intentionally to transform society, a society without soul.
I love all things about Japanese culture but this presenter's pretentious hushed tones and theatrical meditative nonsense is off-putting.
Buildings look like prisons
Enjoy your inner cities filled with the homeless, the drug addicts, used needles, crime, home invasions, boarded up shops closed because of rampant shoplifting and a failed system soft on crime. LMAO. 😂
They're DISCUSTING they all use the same bathwater then wash their clothes with that pew
Actually, traditionally they take a shower to wash themselves before entering the bathtub to prevent bathing in dirty water. From this perspective, the bath works more like a hot tub.
Maybe Westerneese are actually the disgusting ones for laying in dirty water for an hour or so when taking the bath😂
Not so beautiful is the bad treatment if women!
Please explain if you've lived there. The mayor of Tokyo is a woman... the creator of the "hiragana" writing script was a contribution by women. The first modern novel ever written in 1008 was by a woman author... the first ruler Pimiko was also a woman.
Actually, in Japan, women are the dominant ones in society. In business and in politics men rule. In society, and in the home...women rule. Men surrender all their banking access to their wives and get an allowance like a 15 year old boy. This is true of the CEO of Sony or Toyota as much as it is for the lowly factory worker...Men are tasked with being the mule who brings home the bacon. All decisions regarding major ticket items such as homes, cars, the kids' education, vacations etc. are made by the women of the house. In Japan...the homemaker is the Queen. Anyone, who has lived in Japan, and not just visited, knows this to be true.
@@paranoidhumanoid The person, anoukamina, is probably referring to the FACT that there are separate subway train cars designated only for women due to a climate of males in Japan terrorizing, assaulting, and harassing women and girls (no matter their nationality).
You could research it or ask ChatGPT to be your brain, and bring up the news and data on the acts of violence on women and the lack of accountability to resolve it, like most countries on Earth now.
I'll throw two keywords for you to begin your search: comfort women and upskirting.
not that interesting but then - - - I live in a beautiful works of art trojan goat shaped micro houses ghost town /in wild alaska !
Well, you have no taste. None.
Well if living in a goat house is more interesting then maybe you should just watch those videos.
Mtt 13:12 Mtt 6:20-21
WEC "You will own nothing and you will be happy" 2016
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