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Culture&Art

Bonsai(Potted dwarf tree)

Byobu(Folding screens)

Haiku(Poems in seventeen syllables)

Iemoto(Head of the school)

Juuni-hitoe(Twelve-layered ceremonial robe)

Kado, Ikebana(Flower arrangement)

Kodo(Incense ceremony)

Kokeshi(Kokeshi dolls)

Kumade(Bamboo rakes)

Netsuke(Miniature carvings for suspending a pouch)

Nihonga(Japanese paintings)

Nihon no ningyo(Japanese dolls)

Nihon-teien(Japanese gardens)

Nihonto, Katana(Japanese swords)

Sado(Tea ceremony)

Shikki(Lacquerware)

Shippo-yaki(Cloisonne ware)

Shodo(Calligraphy)

Suibokuga(Ink painting)

Tanka(Poems in thirty-one syllables)

Tojiki(Ceramics and porcelain)

Ukiyoe(Pictures of the floating world)