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Contents

The 200 illustrations are divided into 4 pages (the following ①–④).

③ Shinto shrine

③ Japanese Mythology

③ Traditional Japanese art

③ Hot spring

③ Japanese castle

① Japanese New Year, Lucky charm, and Kimono　　1–46

② Japanese annual events　　47–98

④ Ninja, samurai, and martial arts　　153–200

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Shinto shrine

• Torii is a gate most often found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine.
• Ise-jingū is considered the most prominent shrine in Japan and a quite sacred place.
• Fushimi-inari-taisha is a shrine famous for its thousand torii in Kyoto, but there are actually over 10,000 of torii.
• Nikko-toshogū is a Shinto shrine listed in 1999 as a World Heritage Site.
• Izumo-ooyashiro
  People come here to pray for a good relationship.
• Itsukushima-shrine : One of the Three Views of Japan, the torii appears to be floating on the sea at high tides.

Buddhist Temple

• Kinkakuji : the Golden Pavilion, listed as one of the 17 World Cultural Heritage sites in Kyoto
• Ginkakuji is one of the famous temples in Kyoto and is a Zen temple along Kyoto’s eastern mountains (Higashiyama).
• Kiyiomizudera is one of the most famous and celebrated temples in Japan and is best known for its wooden stage.

Chozuya and Goshuincho

• Chozuya : a stone basin to purify your hands and mouth in a temple or Shinto shrine
• Goshuincho : Some people collect seals and write on their stamp books when they visit temples or shrines.

Japanese Mythology

• Amaterasu-Ōmikami is the Shinto sun goddess. She is also said to be the chief divinity of Shintoism.
• Susanoo-no-Mikoto is described in The Kojiki (ca. 712 CE) and The Nihon Shoki (720 CE) as the son of the god Izanagi and the younger brother of Amaterasu-Ōmikami.
• Yamata-no-Orochi is a legendary eight-headed and eight-tailed Japanese serpent. Susanoo killed Yamata-no-orochi in order to escape Kushinada-hime (Princess Kushinada) and presented Kusanagi-no-tsurugi (a sacred sword) to Amaterasu-Ōmikami.
• The three sacred treasures : the mirror, the sword, and the jewel

Traditional Japanese arts

Kabuki and Noh

• Kabuki is a traditional Japanese performing art that is played by only male actors.
  Women’s roles are played by male actors, called “onnagata.”
• Noh is one of the traditional Japanese arts that is played on a stage.
  Noh’s actors wear masks during the play.
• Komonote represents the pitiful and beautiful expression of a young woman.
• Han-nya represents a female demon in fury, jealousy, and agony.

Haiku, Kado, Sado, etc.

• Haiku is a Japanese seventeen-syllable short poem written in a five-seven-five pattern.
• Bonsai : Japanese art of growing miniature potted plants and trees in small pots
• Kado is a traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement
• Sado (Tea ceremony): Tea scoop and powdered green tea, tea bowl, bamboo whisk
  First, a little powdered green tea is put into a tea bowl with a tea scoop. Then hot water is poured over it, and the tea is stirred with a bamboo whisk.
• Shamisen : A traditional Japanese instrument similar to the guitar, which has three strings.
• Koto : A long Japanese horizontal harp.
• Origami is the Japanese art of making figures by folding paper.

Ukiyo-e

Ukiyo-e is a Japanese art of painting and woodblock printing that was developed during the Edo period.
It mainly depicts the lives of commoners, the Japanese landscape, and so on.

Hot spring

Japanese people love hot springs and they are good for improving overall health.
Open-air baths are usually set in nature or in a garden, where you can enjoy the beautiful nature and the season.

Japanese castle　　151–152

Himeji-jo is registered as the first World Heritage Site in Japan.

① Japanese New Year, Lucky charm, and Kimono　　1–46

② Japanese annual events　　47–98

④ Ninja, samurai, and martial arts　　153–200

Images specifications

• Format：PNG
• Background : transparent
• Color profile : sRGB
• Resolution : 300ppi
• Basic canvas size : 15cm x 15cm (vary a little by illustration)
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• Price：1,900 JPY (set of 200)
• Total file size : 720MB
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