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mono no aware

Japanese term for the awareness of impermanence or transience of things, and both a transient gentle sadness or wistfulness at their passing as well as a longer, deeper gentle sadness about this state being the reality of life
Thing Aesthetic Concept Q1190238

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5 properties
Instance of
aesthetic concept
Language of work or name
Early Middle Japanese[4]
Part of
psychological terminology, Japanese aesthetics[2][3]
Facet of
Heian literature[5]
Theorized by
Motoori Norinaga[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en aware en mono no aware ar مونو نو اواري fa مونو نو آواره fa مونو نو اواره he מונו נו אווארה hu Mono no avare ja もののあはれ ja あはれ ja もののあわれ ja 物の哀れ ko 모노노 아와레 pt Mono-no-aware ru Моно-но аваре ru Моно-но аварэ ru Печальное очарование вещей zh 物哀
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
3FNvyv, 2WPYCp
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
200865, 109940
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/mono-no-aware
Freebase ID
/m/04xr49
JAANUS ID
a/aware
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
mono-no-aware
NicoNicoPedia word article ID
あはれ
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
もののあわれ
TV Tropes ID
Main/MonoNoAware

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Facet of 1
Heian literature
Language of work or name 1
Early Middle Japanese
Part of 1
Japanese aesthetics
Theorized by 1
Motoori Norinaga
← Main subject 1
The Tale of Genji
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Summary

mono no aware is an aesthetic concept[1].

Related Entities

Motoori Norinaga The Tale of Genji

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 3FNvyv, 2WPYCp
    Instance of → aesthetic concept
    Language of work or name → Early Middle Japanese
    Theorized by → Motoori Norinaga
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