a building that makes almost no literal use of Japanese elements but manages to convey the sense of serene order, quiet formality, and rich texture that Japanese temples possess.

In the Japanese art of this period we see the emergence of wabi, sabi, aware, and yugen—qualities that have become synonymous with the Zen aesthetic. Wabi is a sense of loneliness or solitude. Sabi is the suchness of ordinary objects, the basic, unmistakable uniqueness of a thing in and of itself. Aware is a feeling of nostalgia, a longing for the

Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum Aoyama.