高こう踏とう主しゅ義ぎ

こ

う

と

う

しゅ

ぎ

Meanings

1

noun

transcendentalism (literary style); Parnassianism

A literary movement emphasizing detachment from worldly concerns and pursuit of pure beauty; often associated with late 19th-century French Parnassianism and similar Japanese literary trends.

高こう踏とう主しゅ義ぎは、現げん実じつ社しゃ会

かい

から

距きょ

離り

を

置お

き

、

芸げい

術じゅつ

のための

芸げい

術じゅつ

を

追つい

求きゅう

し

た

。

Transcendentalism distanced itself from real society and pursued art for art's sake.

彼かれの詩しには高こう踏とう主しゅ義ぎの影えい響きょうが色いろ濃こく見みられる。

His poetry shows a strong influence of Parnassianism.

Kanji

高tall, high, expensive
踏step, trample, carry through
主lord, chief, master
義righteousness, justice, morality

Related words

耽たん美び主しゅ義ぎ
耽美主義 (aestheticism) also values beauty above all, but often with a more decadent or sensual focus, while 高踏主義 emphasizes intellectual detachment and formal perfection.
芸げい術じゅつ至し上じょう主しゅ義ぎ
芸術至上主義 (art for art's sake) is a broader concept; 高踏主義 is a specific historical literary movement within that philosophy.

Built from

高こう踏とう+主しゅ義ぎ

Etymology

Compound of 高踏 (こうとう, 'high-minded, aloof') + 主義 (しゅぎ, '-ism'). The term 高踏 was coined in the Meiji era to translate Western concepts of transcendentalism and Parnassianism, reflecting the idea of rising above mundane concerns.