noun
aesthetic school; aestheticism
Refers to a late 19th-century European literary and artistic movement emphasizing beauty over social or moral themes, or its Japanese followers.
耽美派の作家は、美そのものを追求した。
Writers of the aesthetic school pursued beauty for its own sake.
彼の作品には耽美派の影響が色濃く見られる。
His works show a strong influence of aestheticism.
From 耽美 (tanbi, 'aestheticism, devotion to beauty') + 派 (ha, 'school, faction'). The term 耽美 itself is a Japanese coinage combining 耽 (tan, 'to indulge in') and 美 (bi, 'beauty').