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https://www.bilketa.eus/ark:/27020/OpenEdition/estetica/14879Capra, RudiOPENEDITION, 148792024-03-13The paper offers a critical appreciation of sand in the Japanese tradition of karesansui 枯山水gardens. At first, sand is approached from a phenomenological standpoint, then described in relation to the Daoist ideals of “blandness” (dan 淡) and its original function in Shinto shrines. The following sections draw an East-West comparison between the sand garden at Ginkaku-ji 銀閣寺 and the sand sculptures by the Basque artist Andoni Bastarrika, and between the sand garden at Shisen-dō 詩仙堂 and the Renaissance garden at Villa di Castello. The main purpose is to illustrate the philosophical significance of sand in respect to the aesthetic expression of such Buddhist-influenced notions as ku 空 (“emptiness”), yuge 遊戲(“play”), kire-tsuzuki 切れ続き(“cut-continuance” or “dis/continuity”) and the dialectic of conventional and ultimate reality.https://journals.openedition.org/estetica/14879https://journals.openedition.org/estetica/pdf/14879vignette : https://www.bilketa.eus/in/rest/Thumb/image?id=ark:/27020/OpenEdition/estetica/14879&mat=articleNumenghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/phenomenologykaresansuisandyugekire-tsuzukifenomenologiakaresansuisabbiayugekire-tsuzukiSuna no Bi 砂の美. A critical appreciation of sand in Japanese karesansui 枯山水 gardens