提倡欣賞嚴肅、簡樸、謙遜的美學理念，對日本文化影響極深。此種美學理想，在謙恭或平凡中顯現自然、單純，追求超脫的美感與深層的意義。表現於茶道美學中，特別是茶道中的手作陶器。其影響可見於古董字畫的蒐集，最近也見於粗獷自然的當代草書式水墨畫中。直到寂美(sabi)的概念融入，佗美也成為詩學理念的一部分。

有關日本茶道與陶藝的審美，參見：圖一，茶碗，手作陶藝，18世紀江戶時期。圖二、「兼六園」中的茶室，位於石川縣金澤市，日本三大名園之一。

佗美(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,U)
t'o mei(P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
tuó měi(P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
tuo mei(P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
wabi(P,,V,英文-偏好,D,U,N)
wabi(P,,V,Japanese-偏好,D,U,N)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....關聯概念層面
........關聯概念
............<哲學概念>
................<審美概念>
....................佗美

distinguished from....

寂美

英文....

An aesthetic ideal advocating for the appreciation of austerity, simplicity, and humility that has deeply influenced Japanese culture. This ideal finds surpassing beauty and deep significance in what is humble or commonplace and appears natural or artless. It expressed in the aesthetic of the tea ceremony, particularly in its ceramics. Its influence can also be seen in the practice of collecting older paintings and works of calligraphy and, more recently, in the rough and natural style of contemporary grass style ink painting. Wabi became a part of a poetic ideal only when it was absorbed into the concept of "sabi".

佗美............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
t'o mei............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
tuó měi............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
tuo mei............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
wabi............	[VP]
.................	Munsterberg, Dictionary of Chinese and Japanese Art (1981) 328
.................	Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan (1983)
.................	JAANUS [online] (2001-) accessed 23 November 2008
.................	Mason, History of Japanese Art (1993) 392
Subject:............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	Munsterberg, Dictionary of Chinese and Japanese Art (1981) 328
.................	Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan (1983)
.................	JAANUS [online] (2001-) accessed 23 November 2008
.................	Mason, History of Japanese Art (1993) 392

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聯合目錄： 佗美 、t'o mei 、tuó měi 、tuo mei 、wabi 、wabi