Japan’s "Zen" In The Design Of Clothing Culture

The Traditional Japanese aesthetic concept of the Japanese is the importance of thenatural、naive and details，and pay attention to the delicate、harmonious、quiet。 So graduallyformed the important spiritual pillar in the design of Japan。In other words, the traditionalaesthetic consciousness can be summarized as three words simply--“Tuo”、“Ji”、“She”。“Tuo” is quiet and simple, with the meaning of "innate form" and "minimum levels ofbeauty"。“Ji”, is "emptiness、elegant、quaint、concise", which means "After precipitationexudes traces"。And “She” contains "convergence, or simple elegant refined appreciation"。These three words will fully showed that beauty of natural equality、harmony、simple、cleanand quiet，which is derived from the zen’s view of the world, and is a deeply rooted in theheart of the ancient Japanese Zen system。It emphasizes the inherent and essential beauty，butthis kind of pure beauty is hidden in the free style which is asymmetric、irregular、incompleteand clumsy。In traditional Japanese clothing，forming a kind of the spaciousness of natural、virtual and real，with simple form show reaching extreme beauty is reflected in the balancebetween the rational and emotional, functional and aesthetic。In this traditional aesthetic conception also contains a basic characteristics of Artisticbeauty--monoaware， which is also the foundation of beauty、common pursuit of artistictaste、common aesthetic consciousness in japan。As a symbol of the life of the cherryblossom short blossom is a typical example, the secular is instant，dead is eternal，is actuallya closely connected with the natural outlook on life。In the development of aestheticconsciousness about “monoaware”， the formation of the monoaware、deserted and idlesilence constitute the three pillars of Japanese art structure，become the subject of theJapanese aesthetic sense， permeates all aspects of Japanese life, and even become a kind ofphilosophy deeply affect their thinking and behavior。This effect is also fully demonstrated in Japan costume designs，such as Japanesetraditional dress "kimono" in terms of the structure or the colors, fabrics, patterns arepermeated with a zen-like idle silence, quaint, harmonious beauty。...