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  2. Oshibana - Wikipedia

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    Oshibana (押し花) is the art of using pressed flowers and other botanical materials to create an entire picture from these natural elements. [1] Such pressed flower art consists of drying flower petals and leaves in a flower press to flatten them, exclude light and press out moisture. These elements are then used to "paint" an artistic ...

  3. Toxicodendron vernicifluum - Wikipedia

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    The sap contains the allergenic compound urushiol, which gets its name from this species' Japanese name urushi (urushi (漆)); "urushi" is also used in English as a collective term for all kinds of Asian lacquerware made from the sap of this and related Asian tree species, as opposed to European "lacquer" or Japanning made from other materials.

  4. Ikebana - Wikipedia

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    Ikebana (生け花, 活け花, ' arranging flowers ' or ' making flowers alive ') is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. [1] [2] It is also known as kadō (華道, ' way of flowers '). The origin of ikebana can be traced back to the ancient Japanese custom of erecting evergreen trees and decorating them with flowers as yorishiro to invite ...

  5. List of Japanese women artists - Wikipedia

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    Chie Fueki (born 1973), Japanese-American painter; Mihona Fujii (born 1974), manga artist; Kazuko Fujita (born 1957), manga artist; Cocoa Fujiwara (1983–2015), manga artist; Hiro Fujiwara (born 1981), manga artist; Keiko Fukazawa (born 1955), ceramicist and sculptor; Ikuyo Fujita (birth year unknown), needle felt artist

  6. Japanese garden - Wikipedia

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    Japanese gardens, typically a section of a larger garden, continue to be popular in the West, and many typical Japanese garden plants, such as cherry trees and the many varieties of Acer palmatum or Japanese maple, are also used in all types of garden, giving a faint hint of the style to very many gardens.

  7. Bijin-ga - Wikipedia

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    Kōjien defines bijin-ga as a picture that simply "emphasizes the beauty of women", [1] and the Shincho Encyclopedia of World Art defines it as depiction of "the beauty of a woman's appearance". [2] On the other hand, Gendai Nihon Bijin-ga Zenshū Meisaku-sen I defines bijin-ga as pictures that explore "the inner beauty of women". [ 3 ]

  8. Toxicodendron succedaneum - Wikipedia

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    Toxicodendron succedaneum, the wax tree, [1] Japanese Hazenoki tree (Sumac or wax tree), sơn in Vietnamese or charão in Portuguese, is a flowering plant species in the genus Toxicodendron found in Asia, although it has been planted elsewhere, most notably Australia and New Zealand.

  9. Angelica acutiloba - Wikipedia

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    Angelica acutiloba is a perennial herb from the family Apiaceae or Umbelliferous (carrot or parsley family). It is predominately in Japan and perhaps endemic (unique). [1] It is now distributed widely and cultivated in Jilin, China, [2] Korea, [2] Taiwan [3] and Indonesia.