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Yuriko Saito

Aesthetics

Yuriko Saito, born in 1953, is a retired Japanese-American philosopher specializing in aesthetics, with a particular focus on Japanese aesthetic philosophy including wabi-sabi, the appreciation of transience and imperfection, and on everyday aesthetics. She authored the influential books Everyday Aesthetics, published in 2007, and Aesthetics of the Familiar, published in 2017, the latter winning the American Society for Aesthetics Outstanding Monograph Prize in 2018.

Facts
Birth Year
1953 1
Defining Moment
Aesthetics of the Familiar won the 2018 Outstanding Monograph Prize of the American Society for Aesthetics 1
Notable Publication
Everyday Aesthetics 1
Office Held
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Rhode Island School of Design 1
Birthplace
Sapporo, Japan 1
Tradition
Everyday aesthetics and Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi 1
Classification
Nationality
Japan 1
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1. Yuriko Saito - Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph (born)
    born 1953
  • Lead paragraph (birthplace)
    originally from Sapporo, Japan
  • Lead paragraph (field)
    specializing in aesthetics, including wabi-sabi, the Japanese philosophy of appreciating transience and imperfection
  • Works section
    Everyday Aesthetics
  • Career section
    professor emeritus of philosophy at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
  • Works section (award)
    2018 winner of the Outstanding Monograph Prize of the American Society for Aesthetics
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