ABSTRACT

First published in 2005. Art and an aesthetic sense of beauty are central to all aspects of Japanese life. This book examines beauty as an important aspect of Japanese tradition and Japanese international success. Topics include natural beauty, gardens and flowers, architecture, applied art, manners and customs and many more areas of Japanese culture.

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NATURAL BEAUTY

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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"A dead bird?"

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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NATURAL BEAUTY

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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TREES

THERE is no thrill to equal that of approaching a foreign coun-

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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it is known that either

it is kept indoors. The pine is one of the most

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SMALL LIFE

THAT

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at escape were somewhat curtailed by a

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LIFE

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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LIFE

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SMALL LIFE

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CULTIVATED NATURAL BEAUTY

MODERN innovations have made practically no changes in

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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anyone could mistake

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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at us. As we entered the out-

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if I had had enough.

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FLOWERS

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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FLOWERS

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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at funerals. I t is so

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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GARDENS

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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GARDENS

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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ARCHITECTURE

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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at the base, and chests

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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As the tub is as tall

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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ARCHITECTURE

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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It has be-

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ART

EARLY in the Tang Period (618-905 a Buddhist priest

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Far East is both ancient in date and

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it begins at a

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TA~ " . " . ~ :r .

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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at times to

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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APPLIED ART

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at the

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....... . . . . ': . . .

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at the landing near by. Gradually manu-

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FORMALITIES

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At the holiday season he might say

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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if you are not on the alert.

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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-n----'r=-

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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MANNERS AND CVSTOMS

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

tha-"

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at the foot of the tree. In fact,

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THEATER IN

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it in the neck" at the hands

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COSTUMES

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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SPORTS

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BEAUTY IN JAPAN

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YIN J

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"'., ,v_" ( /'

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STREETS AND PEOPLE

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at one of these performing

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YIN J

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TEEN ART AND LIFE

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at from this

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LIFE

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LIFE