Arts
- bokeh
- (from ぼけ boke), subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image projected by a camera lens.
- bonsai
- 盆栽 listen, "tray gardening"; the art of tending miniature trees.
- bunraku
- 文楽, a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre, performed by puppeteers, chanters, and shamisen players.
- haiku
- 俳句 listen, a very short poem consisting of three lines of 5, 7, and 5 morae (not syllables as commonly thought) each; see also tanka below.
- ikebana
- 生花, flower arrangement.
- imari
- 伊万里, Japanese porcelain wares (made in the town of Arita and exported from the port of Imari, particularly around the 17th century).
- kabuki
- 歌舞伎, a traditional form of Japanese theatre; also any form of elaborate theatre, especially metaphorically.
- kakemono
- 掛け物, a vertical Japanese scroll, of ink-and-brush painting or calligraphy, that hangs in a recess on a wall inside a room.
- kakiemon
- 柿右衛門, Japanese porcelain wares featuring enamel decoration (made in Arita, using the style developed in 17th century by 酒井田 柿右衛門 Sakaida Kakiemon).
- karaoke
- カラオケ listen, "empty orchestra"; entertainment where an amateur singer accompanies recorded music.
- kirigami
- 切り紙, similar to origami, but involves cutting in addition to folding.
- koto
- 琴, a traditional stringed musical instrument from Japan, resembling a zither with 13 strings.
- makimono
- 巻物, a horizontal Japanese hand scroll, of ink-and-brush painting or calligraphy
- manga
- まんが or 漫画 listen, Japanese comics; refers to comics in general in Japanese
- netsuke
- 根付, a toggle used to tie the sash of a kimono also to attach small items such as inro and kinchaku: sometimes beautifully carved.
- noh
- 能 nō, a major form of classical Japanese music drama
- origami
- 折り紙, artistic paper folding
- otaku
- オタク or おたく or ヲタク, a geeky enthusiast, especially of anime and manga (note that the Japanese usage has a much stronger negative connotation than the Western usage).
- senryu (senryū)
- 川柳, a form of short poetry similar to haiku.
- shamisen
- 三味線, a three-stringed musical instrument, played with a plectrum.
- sumi-e
- 墨絵, a general term for painting with a brush and black ink.
- tanka
- 短歌, "short poetry"; an older form of Japanese poetry than haiku, of the form 5-7-5-7-7 morae (not syllables; see also haiku above).
- ukiyo-e
- 浮世絵, a type of woodblock print art or painting.
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Famous quotes containing the word arts:
“No performance is worth loss of geniality. ‘Tis a cruel price we pay for certain fancy goods called fine arts and philosophy.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Poetry, and Picture, are Arts of a like nature; and both are busie about imitation. It was excellently said of Plutarch, Poetry was a speaking Picture, and Picture a mute Poesie. For they both invent, faine, and devise many things, and accommodate all they invent to the use, and service of nature. Yet of the two, the Pen is more noble, than the Pencill. For that can speake to the Understanding; the other, but to the Sense.”
—Ben Jonson (1573–1637)
“What ails it, intrinsically, is a dearth of intellectual audacity and of aesthetic passion. Running through it, and characterizing the work of almost every man and woman producing it, there is an unescapable suggestion of the old Puritan suspicion of the fine arts as such—of the doctrine that they offer fit asylum for good citizens only when some ulterior and superior purpose is carried into them.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)