Japanese arts: from tea ceremony to anime
Japan's arts are often practised as a michi, a way: disciplines passed down through schools and lineages. This section covers the classical arts and their modern heirs.
Tea ceremonysadōA bowl of tea as a complete art of hospitalityIkebanaikebanaLine, space and the season in a single vesselCalligraphyshodōBrush, ink and a single, unrepeatable strokeKabukikabukiSong, dance and spectacle from the Edo townspeople's stageNohnōMasks, chant and stillness on a cypress stageBunrakubunrakuThree puppeteers, one chanter and one shamisenUkiyo-eukiyo-ePrints of actors, beauties and the road to KyotoHaikuhaikuSeventeen sounds, one season, one momentJapanese gardensnihon teienMountains, water and islands in a walled spaceCeramicsyakimonoEarth, fire and a taste for the imperfectMangamangaComics for every age, read from right to leftAnimeanimeFrom limited animation to global pop cultureBudobudōFrom battlefield techniques to a way of self-cultivationSumosumōRitual, ranking and a few seconds of explosive force