Beauty Matters: Modern Japanese Literature and the Question of Aesthetics, 1890-1930 - Paperbackby Anri Yasuda (Author) The notion of beauty is inherently elusive: aesthetic judgments are at once subjective and felt to be universally valid. In Beauty Matters, Anri Yasuda demonstrates that by exploring the often conflicting yet powerful pull of aesthetic sentiments, major authors of the late Meiji (1868 1912) and Taish (1912 1926) periods illuminated themes and perspectives that resonated broadly in modern Japanese society. This approach presents