Analysis Of Schatten Aesthetics In Japanese Architecture & Gargen Design

Tanizaki Junichiro summed up the aesthetic pursuit and preference of the dark,ambiguous,vague and mysterious taste of Japan in modern times.In fact,the word "Yin" is regarded as an aesthetic standards and concept.Japanese find beauty from darkness,enjoy them,and the aesthetics of schatten became a unique Japanese traditional aesthetics."Shadow of beauty" is the aesthetic point of view put forward by Tanizaki Junichiro,it is the essence of China Zen aesthetics after the Japanese aesthetic theory.The western culture advocates bright,order and rational aesthetic conception,while in Japanese traditional culture,there is a totally different kind,which is filled with the melancholy and sensibility.The schatten in Japanese aesthetics,is more like an oriental aesthetics.The basic characteristics of ‘Yinyi’ aesthetics can be summed up as following: dim,ambiguous,obscure,natural,plain,empty,remaining,incomplete,harmonious,etc.The shadow refers to the over zone between light and shade.Compared with the sweeping view,the ambiguous implication implied by darkness always leaves people more imagination.The aesthetics of Yin contains two aspects,which means the beauty of darkness,obscurity and implicit.The deeper meaning is the beauty of dim the beauty sorrow,the occult and the wabi-sabi.Tanizaki Junichiro explains the beauty of the ‘Yinyi’ from the Japanese culture,summarizes the characteristics of Japanese culture,and also extracts the Oriental aesthetic attitude.The beauty of Yin aesthetics is a kind of implicit beauty.It does not pay attention to the appearance of the face.Like the character of the East,it contains the mediocre harmony,the world without dispute,and the idea of the inner world.As the unique aesthetic theory of Japan,the beauty of the shadow is actually refined after the successful absorption of Chinese Zen.In fact,the schatten is not only the darkness of the environment,but also related to the unique aesthetic thought of Zen--"Silence" and "mystery",which leads you to realize the taste of it.The light and shadow were Yinyi’ appearance,but inner was full of deep connotation." The aesthetic principle is very important to a nation,representing a nation’s cultural attitude,which has a form of material,but its essence is spiritual.First,as a view of civilization,The beauty of Yinyi reflects the writers’ reflectionand criticism of modern civilization;secondly,as an aesthetic view,it reflects the longing and yearning of the national customs.Third,as a cultural theory,it is embodied in the aesthetic pursuit of the oriental culture.May only under this schatten,spirit can survive,safely.This is probably the Oriental’s spirit appeal behind the ‘Yinyi’Aesthetic.