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For us, Mieko Kamiya is a heroine. She also became famous in Japan. The TV channel NHK dedicated its own series to her. An animated film about her life was even developed.

Beyond Japan, she has remained unknown in view of her significant work. Yet she laid the foundations of Ikigai research and Ikigai psychology.

The Ikigai is very fashionable today - due to a confusion with a Venn diagram by the Spaniard Andrés Zuzunaga, many believe that this is the Japanese Ikigai.

In truth, however, the Ikigai is much more complex and in-depth than the famous Venn Diagram. Ken Mogi speaks of a spectrum. The Ikigai is "as complex as life itself".

Why are we discussing Ikigai and Kintsugi at Finde Zukunft?

The Japanese Ikigai philosophy has a connection to Kintsugi.

For us, Mieko Kamiya is a heroine. In Japan and beyond, however, she has remained largely unknown. This is also true of her work in the middle of the last century. Yet she laid the foundations of ikigai research and ikigai psychology.