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In Japanese society, particularly in historical feudal Japan, isagiyosa (潔さ, "purity") is a virtue, translated with "resolute composure" or "manliness". Able to be interpreted as "grace with pride", isagiyosa is the capability of accepting death with composure and equanimity. It stands besides other central virtues such as public-spiritedness (kō no seishin), loyalty (seijitsusa), diligence (kinbensa) and steadiness (jimichisa).

Cherry blossoms, because of their ephemeral nature, are a symbol of isagiyosa in the sense of embracing the transience of the world. Honda (2001) maintains that these virtues are not Japanese in particular but form a moral code common to all Asian agricultural societies.

See also

• Mono no aware

References

1. Schreiber, Mark (21 November 2020). "Japanese media weigh in on the U.S. election". Japan Times. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
2. Fujimoto, Masaru (15 December 2002). "Chushingura Chushingura". Japan Times. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017.
3. Becker, Gerhold K., ed. (8 November 2021) . The Moral Status of Persons: Perspectives on Bioethics. Brill. p. 123. ISBN 9789004495029.
4. Slade, Toby (November 2009). Japanese Fashion: A Cultural History. Bloomsbury. p. 85. ISBN 9781847887481.
5. Richard J. Berenson, Neil deMause, The complete illustrated guidebook to Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (2001), p. 121.
6. Honda Yoshihiko, 2001, ‘Taiwan de “Taiwanron” wa dô yomareta ka,’ Sekai 688: pp. 220-228, cited after Ulrike Wöhr, Japan’s “Return to Asia”: History, Diversity, Gender, “Images of Asia in Japanese Mass Media, Popular Culture and Literature”, Papers Presented at ICAS 2, Berlin, Germany, 9–12 August 2001ü .

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