The examples in “Words of Wisdom” are written precisely ... the museum’s curator of Japanese art. The texts may be unreadable to most visitors, but what’s clear is the reverence with ...

Let's start with the word "teinei," or "polite," in Japanese ... so that the guest is framed in a background of the beauty of Japanese art (hanging scrolls, ikebana, ceramics, etc).

Non-food related words added include, Kirigami, the Japanese art of folding and cutting paper into intricate, three-dimensional decorative designs Shibori is any of several Japanese manual ...

The word byobu in Japanese means “blocking wind,” which is ... Sadako Ohki, the Japan Foundation Associate Curator of Japanese Art for the Yale University Art Gallery, introduced Shimatani and ...

Kanae Collins, a passionate artist and educator, guides students through the intricate world of kanji, the logographic ...

the Japanese art of wrapping packages in cloth, known as furoshiki. Furoshiki refers to both the square cloth itself and the wrapping technique. The word doesn't mean gift wrap or anything like it ...