The Japanese aesthetics of imperfection and insufficiency

Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 377-385

  Saito, Yuriko ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

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EID: 33645296719     PISSN: 00218529     EISSN: 15406245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/430925     Document Type: Review

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