Japan’s ‘waste not want not’ philosophy has deep religious and cultural roots from monsters and meditation to Marie Kondo’s tidying up

Japan’s ‘waste not, want not’ philosophy has deep religious and cultural roots, from monsters and meditation to Marie Kondo’s tidying up

Monsters and spirits –including ‘tsukumogami,’ which are made of everyday objects – in the ‘Hyakki-Yagyō-Emaki’ scroll, painted between the 14th and 16th centuries. Wikimedia Commons – By Kevin C. Taylor, Director of Religious Studies and Instructor of Philosophy, University of Memphis Published: 2022 …