On the Japanese Aesthetic - 2

And then there's the language of course: the writing - first and foremost - but also the sound, and in this case also the content:

 

 

An even more striking example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3-rlolB94I&feature=related


And then a glimpse into another side of Japanese culture, in the artist Aida Makoto, who exposes the contradiction, the continuous friction between tradition and the modern-day, very much part of the Japanese psyche:

Makoto overview webpage

Makoto Google Images