Japanese culture

Visual arts
Painting: the brush is a traditional writing tool and the pictures often show the nature.
You can also often see calligraphy in their pictures ( calligraphy= writing in italic lines).
Traditional Japanese sculptures: mainly settled on the subject of Buddhist images.
Ukiyo-e ( pictures of the floating world): is a genre of woodcuts and illustrated books.
Ikebana (living flower): is the Japanese art of flower arrangements.
Performing arts: are for exemple the four traditional theatres from Japan which are noh, kyogen, kabuki and bunraku.
Architecture: traditional architectures are seen at temples and
castles, with traditional gardens.
Clothes: The traditional Japanese clothes are the Kimonos
("something one wears")



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