/jp/ - Otaku Culture

This style of aesthetic appreciation appears in the Muromachi culture and is in strong contrast to the Heian culture of beauty. It reflects "the pathos of things" as an "old, decrepid, withered" nature. It was reflected in Tea Ceremony by very simplistic "Shoin" or Tea Room which was as barren and simply decorated as possible to establish an air of equality and finding beauty in even the smallest aspects of the tea-kettle, tea bag, wall-scroll in the center, boiling sound of the water, whatever, no matter who entered, aristocracy or peasants.

This was an aesthetic at the time. I'm surprised at you! Learn about it sometime, /jp/.