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MiyabiTranslated as "elegance," "refinement," or "courtliness," it demanded the decline of anything that was absurd or vulgar and the "polishing of manners, diction, and feelings to eliminate all roughness and crudity so as to achieve the highest grace." It depicted that sensitivity to beauty was the hallmark of the Heian era and since to the Japanese culture.
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