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  2. Fūrin - Wikipedia

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    The origins of fūrin are believed to be from the Chinese Tang Dynasty when metal wind chimes were hung in bamboo forests and used to tell fortunes. [1] [3] The word fūrin was first used in Japan during the Heian period when they were hung from eaves, particularly at Buddhist temples, as talismans to ward off evil spirits. [1]

  3. Nyoirin-ji (Ogori) - Wikipedia

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    About 2,500 Japanese wind chimes called fūrin (風鈴) are hung up at the temple during the summer. Visitors can buy a fūrin for 500 yen, write their wishes on the paper hanging from the fūrin, then hang it at the temple. [4] Fūrin wind chimes at Nyoirin-ji with visitors' wishes written on colored paper hanging from them

  4. Wind chime - Wikipedia

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    Japanese glass wind bells known as fūrin (風鈴) have been produced since the Edo period, [4] and those at Mizusawa Station are one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan. Wind chimes are thought to be good luck in parts of Asia and are used in Feng Shui. Wind chimes started to become modernized around 1100 C.E. after the Chinese began to cast bells.

  5. Traditional Japanese musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Shamisen – a banjo-like lute with three strings; brought to Japan from China in the 16th century. Popular in Edo's pleasure districts, the shamisen is often used in kabuki theater. Made from red sandalwood and ranging from 1.1 to 1.4 metres (3 ft 7 in to 4 ft 7 in) long, the shamisen has ivory pegs, strings made from twisted silk, and a belly ...

  6. Susumu Shingu - Wikipedia

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    He began to produce work incorporating elements from his study of the Japanese folk arts: wind chimes and traditional carp banners. [5] Expo '70, a World's Fair in Tokyo, was a major event on the arts scene in Japan. Shingū was one of eight Japanese sculptors chosen to represent the nation.

  7. Japanese Americans were jailed in a desert. Survivors worry a ...

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    Independence Day at Minidoka, a camp in the vast Idaho desert, where over 13,000 Japanese American men, women and children were incarcerated during World War II as security risks because of their ...

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