The Russian State Library continues publishing its video materials devoted to culture and art of African and Asian states. And for connoisseurs of the traditions of Japanese aesthetics the RSL Centre of Oriental Literature has prepared two lectures by hedoniste japaniste Natalia Diomkina, a graduate of the Institute of Asia and Africa States of Moscow State University, which are “Yehaku and Mah” and “Edze”.

How is the philosophy of empty space manifested in poetry and theory of belle-lettre text, architecture and art, theatre and cinema, music and patterns of human relations? How do correlate the concepts of yehaku and mah? How and to what extent can humans comprehend the nominal world through the world of phenomena? "The basics of Japanese aesthetics – yehaku and mah” lecture offers answers for all those and lots of other questions!

And if you are fond of Japanese poetry, welcome to plunge into the miraculous world of philosophic symbols and subtle lyrical images. You will have a chance to follow the history of establishment of the already-known genres from the epoch of dominance of the form till the times when meaning and implications come to the foreground, generating the “poetry of the heart which is able to comprise the essence”.  Lecture “The basics of Japanese aesthetics – edze” can be watched over here.

All the lectures of the RSL Centre of Oriental Literature, as well as other captivating streams, are available on YouTube channel of the Russian State Library.