A. bushi culture

   B. kuge "aristocratic" culture

        1. miyabi "elegance"

         2. aware "pathos" of things

II. Concepts integral to the Medieval Aesthetic

    A. Yugen "mysteriousness," "profundity," etc.

    B. Sabi "oldness"

IV. Zeami, Yugen and No drama

     A. Zen influences: mindlessness, spontaneity, etc

     B. Daoist, Shinto influences: naturalness

V. Kamo no Chomei on yugen

VI. Tea Ceremony

      A. Eisai (1141-1215) and the Kissa yojo ki

      B. Cha-Zen ichimi "tea and Zen have the same flavor"

      C. karamono "Chinese things" vs. wamono "Japanese things"

      D. wabi = crude, misshapen, rough things

      E. Murata Shuko (d.1502) Wabi-cha = tea practice using wabi pieces

      F. Momoyama Warlords and the Tea Ceremony

           1. Oda Nobunaga (1534-82) meibutsu gari "hunt for famous tea pieces"

           2. Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-98) "Golden Tea Room"

            3. Sen no Rikyu (d. 1591) on the "spiritual basis of the tea ceremony"