Friday, October 30, 2015

A Comparison of "Clear Moon" and "Cloud Covered Moon" on the Thirteenth Night in October


As I wrote on the 27th of September, traditionally people in Japan enjoy watching the Moon on the 13th night of the lunar cycle as well as a full Moon(on the 15th night of the lunar cycle) in fall. The 13th night was on the October 25th this year, 2015, though it wasn't featured as much as the 15th-Night-Moon. Probably viewing the 13th-Night-Moon became less common Nowadays. The weather was fine on the 25th, so a clear almost-round-Moon was beautiful in the early evening though some clouds came out later the night.

Centuries ago, a tea-ceremony master apparently stated "I don't enjoy viewing the Moon except when it is covered by clouds." A famous Japanese author in the 14th century, Kenko Yoshida, also said that a crescent Moon or cloud-covered Moon has a beauty you feel in your heart,  in addition to the visual beauty. Probably that started the idea which is now called "A sense of beauty with incompleteness".

Both photos above are taken from the same spot on the same day. The left hand side photo shows a very clear Moon, but some people may prefer the other photo showing the Moon covered by some cloud since it can evokes your emotion the same way it did centuries ago...
 

Well, which one do you think is more beautiful? The "clear full moon" or the "cloud-covered moon"?

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