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

  • Written by Kevin C. Taylor, Director of Religious Studies and Instructor of Philosophy, University of Memphis
imageMonsters 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

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