Isagiyosa

In Japanese society, particularly in historical feudal Japan, isagiyosa (潔さ, "purity") is a virtue, translated with "resolute composure" or "manliness".^[1] Able to be interpreted as "grace with pride",^[2] isagiyosa is the capability of accepting death with composure and equanimity.^[3]^[4] It stands besides other central virtues such as public-spiritedness (kō no seishin), loyalty (seijitsusa), diligence (kinbensa) and steadiness (jimichisa).

Cherry blossoms, because of their ephemeral nature, are a symbol of isagiyosa in the sense of embracing the transience of the world.^[5] Honda (2001) maintains that these virtues are not Japanese in particular but form a moral code common to all Asian agricultural societies.^[6]

References

^ Schreiber, Mark (21 November 2020). "Japanese media weigh in on the U.S. election". Japan Times. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
^ Fujimoto, Masaru (15 December 2002). "Chushingura Chushingura". Japan Times. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017.
^ Becker, Gerhold K., ed. (8 November 2021) [2000]. The Moral Status of Persons: Perspectives on Bioethics. Brill. p. 123. ISBN 9789004495029.
^ Slade, Toby (November 2009). Japanese Fashion: A Cultural History. Bloomsbury. p. 85. ISBN 9781847887481.
^ Richard J. Berenson, Neil deMause, The complete illustrated guidebook to Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (2001), p. 121.
^ Honda Yoshihiko, 2001, ‘Taiwan de “Taiwanron” wa dô yomareta ka,’ Sekai 688: pp. 220-228, cited after Ulrike Wöhr, Japan’s “Return to Asia”: History, Diversity, Gender, “Images of Asia in Japanese Mass Media, Popular Culture and Literature”, Papers Presented at ICAS 2, Berlin, Germany, 9–12 August 2001ü .

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[1] Schreiber, Mark (21 November 2020). "Japanese media weigh in on the U.S. election". Japan Times. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

[2] Fujimoto, Masaru (15 December 2002). "Chushingura Chushingura". Japan Times. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017.

[3] Becker, Gerhold K., ed. (8 November 2021) [2000]. The Moral Status of Persons: Perspectives on Bioethics. Brill. p. 123. ISBN 9789004495029.

[4] Slade, Toby (November 2009). Japanese Fashion: A Cultural History. Bloomsbury. p. 85. ISBN 9781847887481.

[5] Richard J. Berenson, Neil deMause, The complete illustrated guidebook to Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (2001), p. 121.

[6] Honda Yoshihiko, 2001, ‘Taiwan de “Taiwanron” wa dô yomareta ka,’ Sekai 688: pp. 220-228, cited after Ulrike Wöhr, Japan’s “Return to Asia”: History, Diversity, Gender, “Images of Asia in Japanese Mass Media, Popular Culture and Literature”, Papers Presented at ICAS 2, Berlin, Germany, 9–12 August 2001ü .

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