BIGAKU（The Japanese Journal of Aesthetics in Western Language）

ISSN 2436-7656

About BIGAKU（The Japanese Journal of Aesthetics in Western Language）

BIGAKU（The Japanese Journal of Aesthetics in Western Language）is the annual online journal edited and released by the Japanese Society for Aesthetics (JSA). This journal mainly aims to introduce the articles published in BIGAKU (The Japanese Journal of Aesthetics in Japanese) to the world.

The hardcopy of the western language version was published from 1983 (No. 1) to 2006 (No. 12), and an electronic version of the journal from 2009 (No. 13) to 2021 (No.25) under the title Aesthetics.

Contribution to this journal is limited to the members of the Japanese Society for Aesthetics until notified as otherwise.

Current Issue: No. 27 (March 2023)

Articles

The Artistic Value of Community-Engaged Art: From the Perspective of Environmental Aesthetics

AOTA Mami

1-13

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The Relationship Between Beauty and Mysticism in the Theory of YANAGI Muneyoshi: The Notion of One in Mingei Theory and Buddhist Aesthetics

ADACHI Eriko

14-25

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Das Weimarer Bauhaus und die Gartenkunst: Ein Reformversuch von Heinz Wichmann

GOTO Fumiko

26-41

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Women Playing the Vielle (French Hurdy-gurdy) in 18th-Century France: Perspectives on Instrument Improvements and Fingering Method

KIMURA Haruka

42-51

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Virtual and Local Representational Spaces in Sculpture: An Interpretation based on Husserl’s Theory of Phantasy

NAKAMURA Yasushi

52-65

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Thoughts on the Imperial Household Movies in Early Cinema: Focusing on the Films of the Japanese Prince Takehito Arisugawa Visiting Europe

KAMIYA Makiko

66-82

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Editorial Board

Editors

AKIBA Fuminori (Nagoya University, Nagoya)
GOTO Fumiko (Keio University, Tokyo)
ITO Asa (Tokyo Institute of Technology University, Tokyo)
KOGAWA Masahiro (Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya)

Editorial Secretary

KIMURA Haruka (Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya)

Contact

bigakuaesthetics@gmail.com

Previous Issues

Links to each issue are below. Click on the issue to find its table of contents and links to individual articles (pdf).