This article is about the Japanese idiom. For the compilation album, see Mono No Aware (album). For the American organization, see Mono No Aware (organization). Japanese woodblock print showcasing transience, precarious beauty, and the passage of time, thus "mirroring" mono no aware[1] Mono no aware (物の哀れ),[a] lit. 'the pathos of things', and also translated as 'an empathy toward things', or 'a se
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