Culture and art

On the culture of Japan belonging to the most stunning and exciting in the world has had a significant Chinese big civilization, as well as located closer to Korea. The Member Middle births is characteristic of the Japanese arts, such as origami, Suiseki, or nurture bonsai. Thence to the XIII century, also came to the Land Kwitnącej Wiśni Zen Buddhism, who is the inspiration for the development of new trends and concepts in painting, calligraphy and poetry. Nevertheless, much earlier Japanese masters went from a faithful imitation of Chinese designs, with their commitment to symmetry. Thus, in the fine arts master plan is beyond the means of work, and in speech, written word and art in general supposition often prevails over jednoznacznością.Wraz from zen to the Land of the Rising Sun has reached the ritual of drinking tea, which is then transformed in a big ceremony the qualities of aesthetic and philosophical. This is for the births it is characteristic of new areas and forms of art, such as ikebana – way to lay flowers, or haiku poetry. Cooking tea ceremony has had a significant impact on the appearance of the interior of the house and Japanese style gardens, most of which are karesansui – full severity and simplicity of stone zen gardens, showing the water and mountains, reflecting the same philosophical ideas. At the end of the chanoyu, and therefore “the way of tea” and complementary to each other various forms of art represent so characteristic of the Japanese aesthetic concept, as enticement (the beauty of poverty) and Sabi (patina of time), which together with the criteria shibui, so “quiet wytworności “Make up the most important principle of the Japanese taste, according to which less is more.