# Utsu - Utsuroi - Utsutsu

Although I don't accept creatio ex nihilo, I thought of this
traditional Japanese concept that is very similar to
"Ein - Ein Sof - Ohr Ein Sof" in Qabalah. While watching cherry
blossoms starting.

Like other traditional Japanese concepts, this also comes from
Buddhism.



Utsu means voidness. The ultimate reality of the world according
to Buddhists. They argue that everything comes from nothing. Similar
to Anaximander. But for Anaximander, it was chaos instead of
voidness. There was no flower there. This corresponds to Ein.

Utsuroi is somewhere between nothing and something. When you realise,
flower buds are already there. Is there a flower? Both yes and no.
Somewhere in between them. This corresponds to Ein Sof.

Utsutsu means the present world. Full prevalent cherry blossoms.
Something finally starts to exist. This corresponds to Ohr Ein Sof.



I think this is also related to Jo-Ha-Kyu of Noh. And the typical
"A melo - B melo - Sabi" structure of popular music. Which I consider
an application of Jo-Ha-Kyu.

Jo means beginning. It begins without much tensions.

Ha means breaking. Suddenly a rhythm is added up and the tension
starts to escalate.

Kyu means rapid. In this phase, things that were added in Ha
accelerate with great speeds. It then finally reaches the climax.

Similarly while following the typical structure of
Verse-Chorus-Verse-Chorus-Bridge-Chorus with optional Intro and
Outro, usually Verse-Chorus is divided into A melo - B melo - Sabi.

A melo ~ Jo ~ Verse
B melo ~ Ha ~ Extended Prechorus
Sabi ~ Kyu ~ Chorus

There is a popular argument that B melo is a Bridge. It usually
happens that an actual Prechorus is added in addition to B melo.
But considering the function, I think B melo is an extended version
of Prechorus.