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2. Mieko Kamiya - Wikipedia

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   Mieko Kamiya (神谷 美恵子, Kamiya Mieko, January 12, 1914 – October 22, 1979) was a Japanese psychiatrist who treated leprosy patients at Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium. She was known for translating books on philosophy. She worked as a medical doctor in the Department of Psychiatry at Tokyo University following World War II.

3. Ikigai - Wikipedia

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   According to psychologist Katsuya Inoue, ikigai is a concept consisting of two aspects: "sources or objects that bring value or meaning to life" and "a feeling that one's life has value or meaning because of the existence of its source or object". Inoue classifies ikigai into three directions – social ikigai, non-social ikigai, and anti ...

4. Okinawa Centenarian Study - Wikipedia

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   Okinawa Centenarian Study. The Okinawa Centenarian Study is a study of the elderly people of Okinawa, Japan. The study, funded by Japan's ministry of health, is the largest of its kind ever carried out. Over the years, the scientists involved have had access to more than 600 Okinawan centenarians.

5. Kitchen (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Kitchen (キッチン) is a novel written by Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto (吉本ばなな) in 1988 and translated into English in 1993 by Megan Backus.. Although one may notice a certain Western influence in Yoshimoto's style, Kitchen is still critically recognized as an example of contemporary Japanese literature; The Independent, The Times, and The New Yorker have all reviewed the novel ...

6. Ichi-go ichi-e - Wikipedia

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   Ichi-go ichi-e. Ichi-go ichi-e ( Japanese: 一 期 一 会, pronounced [it͡ɕi.ɡo it͡ɕi.e], lit. "one time, one meeting") is a Japanese four-character idiom ( yojijukugo) that describes a cultural concept of treasuring the unrepeatable nature of a moment. The term has been roughly translated as "for this time only", and "once in a lifetime".

7. Talk:Ikigai - Wikipedia

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   The word "Ikigai" refers to "source of value for one's life" and "feelings that one feels about having a source of value for living". The term "Ikigai" is a modern word that has come to attract attention since Japan's aging society and has nothing to do with ancient ideas such as Gogyo and Wuxing.--.

8. Mono no aware - Wikipedia

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   Japanese woodblock print showcasing transience, precarious beauty, and the passage of time, thus "mirroring" mono no aware Mono no aware (物の哀れ), lit. ' the pathos of things ', and also translated as ' an empathy toward things ', or ' a sensitivity to ephemera ', is a Japanese idiom for the awareness of impermanence (無常, mujō), or transience of things, and both a transient gentle ...

9. Ikebana - Wikipedia

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   Shōka arrangement by the 40th headmaster Ikenobō Senjō, drawing from the Sōka Hyakki by the Shijō school, 1820. Ikebana flower arrangement in a tokonoma (alcove), in front of a kakemono (hanging scroll) Ikebana ( 生け花, 活け花, 'arranging flowers' or 'making flowers alive') is the Japanese art of flower arrangement.